Category: Wholesale

Feel the need for speed, then if lucky to be in a GEA-FTTP area, the wholesale price for the GEA-FTTP 1 Gigabit service is £80/m.

One possible reason some providers have not sold the GEA-FTTP product range to date has been the need for a dedicated cablelink to connect their network to the Openreach data feed in the handover exchange.

The dozen or so premises in a single postcode in Staffordshire has clubbed together and via multiple sources of funding should get FTTP from Openreach in 2017.

In a wide ranging conference call the Openreach CEO Clive Selley has outlined some changes on the way including delivering FTTP to even smaller new build estates.

In the global economy the exchange rates are all over the place for conversion to and from sterling so the estimate of $300m investment needed for 4 years will vary in UK money but still we now have an idea of the likely cost for a G.fast roll-out.

Openreach apparently fits around 50,000 master sockets each week so a new design that is easier to fit will make life simpler for both engineers and customers.

The battle for new broadband customers in the northern part of Swindon continues as following the Virgin Media roll-out announcement Openreach has announced its plans to cover a similar number of premises.

There is some speculation on how many cabinets are going to benefit from G.fast and based on the target of 10 million premises passed we have crunched the numbers.

It looks likely the value of real estate in central London has led to Openreach having to agree to move out of its Chelsea exchange and migrate services to the Kensington exchange.

The range of speed and price points appears to be increasing again at Openreach, and in time there may be more options available to reduce the level of complaints of paying for up to 38 Mbps but not getting that speed.