I was reading on
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/21cn_overview.php earlier,
Fiber to the premises (FTTP) and Fiber to the cabinet (FTTC)
Many had hoped that 21CN would see BT address the issue of slow broadband speeds or no broadband at all on longer lines by installing mini-DSLAMs in to green street cabinets fed by fiber optic cables (Usually referred to as FTTC). However, this is not directly a part of the remit of 21CN. Given that there are 85,000 street cabinets in the UK (compared to only 5,600 exchanges), it is understandable why BT might be reluctant to go down this route straight away.
Fiber optic fans should not lose hope though! A recent Consult21 document shows that BT will be launching FTTP for greenfield sites in the second quarter of 2008, with a pilot at Ebbsfleet in Q3 2008 involving 10,000 premises [10] This new product appears to offer 10Mbps downstream and 2Mbps upstream uncontended (at least until the ISP network). Considerably more information about BT Openreach's FTTP plans can be found in a recent industry consultation.
In the eyes of BT network are we a rural area?
Would it be possible and/or cheaper for BT to send fibre links from surrounding exchanges to cabinets around the KC area? So we would be on quite long lines but would that matter as the fibre would be really fast and wouldnt lose signal over the distance unlike copper? so the copper just goes to the dslam in the cab?
Would that be possible for BT? as I'm sure it is a hell of alot cheaper than building exhanges
Mike
