{"id":10148,"date":"2015-09-17T08:46:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T07:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=10148"},"modified":"2015-09-17T13:48:43","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T12:48:43","slug":"a-quick-update-on-bts-g-fast-and-fod2-ultrafast-broadband-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/09\/a-quick-update-on-bts-g-fast-and-fod2-ultrafast-broadband-trial.html","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE A Quick Update on BT’s G.fast and FOD2 Ultrafast Broadband Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of last month BTOpenreach\u00a0began connecting customers to their large-scale 6-9 month trial of 500Mbps capable NGA2 G.fast<\/a> broadband technology and 1Gbps Fibre-on-Demand (FOD2) in the market town of Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire).\u00a0Now we have the first official progress update.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The update (thanks Carl), which stems from a joint presentation given by both Ian Boothman<\/strong> (Openreach<\/a>) and Dawn Devonald<\/strong> (TalkTalk<\/a>) to the UK Network Operators’ Forum (UKNOF), doesn’t reveal much that we didn’t already know (see here for details<\/a>) or couldn’t have guessed. Never the less there were a few bits of useful information.<\/p>\n

As a quick recap, G.fast<\/a><\/strong> works in a roughly similar way to the current 80Mbps capable hybrid-fibre FTTC<\/a> (VDSL2<\/a>)\u00a0technology that dominates the UK market (ISPs often market this as “fibre broadband<\/em>“), although it requires significantly more\u00a0spectrum (G.fast<\/a> 106MHz+ vs FTTC<\/a> 17MHz) and thus operates best over a much shorter run of copper cable (ideally less than 350 metres<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The technology’s Nodes \/ Distribution Points (DP) could be installed inside \/ alongside existing street cabinets, as well as underground (i.e. similar to existing NGA Aggregation Nodes) or on top of local telegraph poles. All of these nodes would be fed by a fibre optic cable, with the remaining G.fast link running over your existing copper line.<\/p>\n

BT<\/a> intends to trial G.fast with around 2,000 premises<\/strong> (availability only – actual uptake will be in the hundreds) in Huntingdon<\/strong> and then the same again in Gosforth<\/strong> (Newcastle), the latter of which should begin this month. On top of that a smaller “technical trial<\/em>” will take place in Swansea<\/strong> (Wales). Hardware from ADTRAN, Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei is being tested.<\/p>\n

BT<\/a> are also testing a 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises <\/strong>(FTTP<\/a>) based upgrade to their business focused and long-stalled Fibre-on-Demand<\/strong> (FoD2) service, which is trying to find a more cost effective approach to deployment (note: final product pricing won\u2019t see much change and will remain very high). Here’s a useful map to show where the current trial is in operation.<\/p>\n

\"Huntingdon<\/div>\n

The Trial Update (Huntingdon)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Firstly, the latest update appears to confirm the trial’s exact product specification, which includes some clarity on upload speeds and the “prioritised rate<\/em>” (these were previously unclear).<\/p>\n

NGA2 Technology Types<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. NGA2 G.Fast<\/strong>
\n* Up to 330 Mbit\/s downstream
\n* Up to 30 to<\/del> 50Mbit\/s upstream
\n* Downstream prioritised rate 80Mbit\/s
\n* Multicast enabled<\/p>\n

2. NGA2 Fibre on Demand (FOD)<\/strong>
\n* Up to 1Gbit\/s downstream
\n* Up to 100Mbits\/s upstream
\n* Downstream prioritised rate 100Mbit\/s
\n* Multicast enabled<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently the initial G.fast results have been “very promising<\/em>” and “in line with our lab modelling<\/em>“, with “almost<\/em>” all of the customers that have been connected receiving 300Mbps+<\/strong> speeds (most are said to be capable of receiving an even higher rate). “These results give us confidence that G.fast is an excellent technical solution to deliver ultrafast speeds to most homes<\/em>,” said the report.<\/p>\n

However they also confirm that most of the above customers are “fairly close<\/em>” to the DP, which would of course result in the best speeds. The trials will also test over longer distances too, although there’s no feedback for those yet. It’s further noted that the FOD2 trial hasn’t yet begun and will follow “later in the year<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

One other point to make concerns G.fast’s upload rate, which the progress update highlights as “up to 30 to 50Mbps<\/em>“. However the UKNOF speech itself stated that this information is out-of-date and in fact they’re currently only testing with 50Mbps.<\/p>\n

The hope here, as BT<\/a> has stated before, is to begin a commercial G.fast roll-out to “most homes<\/em>” from 2016\/17<\/strong> (assuming Ofcom<\/a> doesn’t throw a spanner in the works by splitting Openreach<\/a>). This would be a 10-year long deployment, with top service speeds starting at 300Mbps and rising to 500Mbps towards the end of that period. We suspect this would at most reach 60-70% of UK premises. A further trial update is expected next month.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 10:47am<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anybody with an interest in the technical side of the G.fast trial might also like to check out the related SIN 518 (Issue 1 – August 2015)<\/strong><\/a> document, which\u00a0confirms the 50Mbps upload speed in writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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