Fujitsu Plans 1Gb Fibre Optic Network for UK

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Source: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/TalkTalk-Virgin-BT-Openreach-1Gb-Fibre-Network,news-35372.html
Fujitsu has announced plans to build a 1Gb fibre network in the United Kingdom.

Just a week after it co-signed a letter to minister for communications and head of Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), Ed Vaizey, complaining about the prices BT charges for use of its ducts and poles, Fujijsu has revealed plans to build a high-speed broadband network aimed at supplying internet to 5 million rural homes.

Fujitsu Wednesday announced plans to use Cisco network hardware to build the 1Gb fibre network and said TalkTalk and Virgin have already signed up to use the wholesale network to provide service to their own customers. Fujitsu says that because it will run fibre optic cabling directly to the home (FTTH) rather than the local street cabinet, the network will be one gigabit (1Gbps) symmetric capable from day one with potential to go to 10Gbps and beyond.

Discussing its plans, the company said the planned network offered a "ground breaking and innovative alternative to BT Openreach" and opportunity for communities and local authorities eager to access a portion of the £530 million earmarked by the UK Government to "drive investment in superfast broadband in rural communities."

"There is a unique opportunity for the UK to re-establish itself as a world leader by having the world's most advanced fibre network," said Duncan Tait, CEO of Fujitsu UK and Ireland. "If done correctly this can be a key vehicle to accelerate recovery in the UK and bring genuine choice to generations of communities starved of participating fully in the UK economy. We believe our approach, in collaboration with these major industry leaders, will provide a future proofed network for at least the next 20 to 30 years."

Fujitsu admitted that its plans depend on Ofcom's efforts to have BT Openreach provide access to its underground ducts and telegraph poles on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. We'll keep you posted on how that works out.
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If this is true, then I hope this will happen fast:eek:
 
BT Openreach are required by law to allow people in to their exchanges and associated equipment this was passed some time ago (I forget when). This could be truly epic for us in the UK where we can have super fast broadband at a (potential) fraction of the cost of what BT are charging.

I await with baited breath on this.

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According to the open letter that the group sent round about BT's proposed costs for duct and pole access, the true cost per pole attachment is only about £4 - If this is true installation costs for fiber could be as low as £100 / KM. I will be all over this if costs get anywhere near that.

Of course, it's going to take the Govt strongarming BT to make it happen, BT will be only too happen to charge through the nose for access and stop this in its tracks.
 
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I feel a bit sorry for BT, Thatcher stopped them from delivering high speed internet / tv services a few years back over fears of monopoly. Stupid bint, now we're playing catch up.
 
Zarf said:
Yeah, It'd be open access. ISP's pay for the connectivity from the customers to their own networks.
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Yup, and in the article it's been already stated that TalkTalk and Virgin have already signed up for it. But... I thought Virgin had their own fibre optic network already...:confused:
 
Orcvader said:
Yup, and in the article it's been already stated that TalkTalk and Virgin have already signed up for it. But... I thought Virgin had their own fibre optic network already...:confused:
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They have a similar system to BT's Infinity - Optical Fibre to a street cabinet and then Co-Axial copper (like a TV aerial cable) to the homes. Co-Ax has more potential than the thin wires used in your phone line but they are both very limited compared to FTTH, which could scale to 10Gb/s and beyond.

It's inevitable that the country will end up with a full FTTH infrastructure, the copper services are just too limiting, especially on upload speeds and latency. The only question is when - and it's not like digging up streets and stringing poles is going to get any cheaper.
 
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Up to 10 gbps. OMFG think how quick I can like things on Facebook with that


But putting the sarcastic hat away it will be truly epic allowing for proper on demand content streaming instantly available hi def/super hi def content etcetc

Wonder what the max speed I'll be able to get on newsgroups will be knowing our ISPs in the uk it will be yup you have a 10 gig connection but a FUP of 20 gigs a day
 
Am I right in saying a 10gbps line will have the capacity to transfer 1280megabytes a second?
Them saying they want to provide this to rural areas, well i'll believe that when I see it tbh, what do they class as rural? To them Aberdeen is probably a rural area.
If they replace all the copper cables with FTTH then at least they will be able to cash in all that copper thats currently being used, should recoup some of the costs.
 
ecksmen said:
I feel a bit sorry for BT, Thatcher stopped them from delivering high speed internet / tv services a few years back over fears of monopoly. Stupid bint, now we're playing catch up.
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A few years ago? She was in power almost 30 years ago.
 
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