Category: Wholesale

G.FAST or FTTdp is small step closer as is opening a lab to push product development and test commercial solutions until ready for commercial deployment.

It is a long way from guaranteed to happen but Openreach appears to be exploring a new product, that will let providers order a fibre service without the usual coupling to a voice line rental product.

Self install FTTC has been around for a while and so many people have this type of install that many may not have realised the product was not commercially launched.

For a few hours some people who do not have access to FTTC services from Openreach got their hopes up, but a series of retraction emails are going out as it appears a new bulk email system was used to send some incorrect emails.

Working as an Openreach may not be the best paid job in the world, but an extra 1,600 jobs in the UK is to be welcomed, and it might mean less reliance on third party contractors by Openreach.

The issue of passed versus connected is a contentious subject for some, but passed is something of an important step towards getting a high number of connected premises.

Reports are emerging on the forums that for some areas the BT Wholesale checker is warning of no capacity with upgrades expected as of 7th April 2014.

The wholesale arm of BT has a major impact on the performance of some eight million broadband connections in the UK, so it is worrying to see performance issues getting worse rather than better.

Ahead of the final announcements from the Ofcom market review which is expected to be three months late Openreach has announced a round of price rises that are in line with the expected changes.

With Olivia Garfield set to leave Openreach, the new CEO has finally been named and will join Openreach in around the middle of February.