{"id":15649,"date":"2018-03-08T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T00:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=15649"},"modified":"2018-03-08T14:31:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T14:31:32","slug":"openreachs-uk-dark-fibre-alternative-to-launch-3rd-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/03\/openreachs-uk-dark-fibre-alternative-to-launch-3rd-april-2018.html","title":{"rendered":"Openreach&#8217;s UK Dark Fibre Alternative to Launch 3rd April 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>&#8217;s new Optical Spectrum Access product (<em>OSA Filter Connect \/ FSP3000<\/em>), which has been created as a sort of soft alternative to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s stalled Dark Fibre Access (DFA) solution, will officially be made available to ISPs from 3rd April 2018 and initially offer data speeds of around 10-20Gbps.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The operator was originally due to launch a DFA product last year, which would have enabled rivals to gain &#8220;<em>physical access<\/em>&#8221; to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>&#8217;s existing fibre optic cables (i.e. allowing them to install their own equipment at either end of a fibre within cable ducts). But this plan was cancelled after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> won a legal challenge against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s &#8220;<em>incorrect<\/em>&#8221; market definitions (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/11\/uk-dark-fibre-ruling-forces-ofcom-revoke-business-connectivity-changes.html\">here<\/a>) and as a result the regulator is currently having to re-run their Business Connectivity Review (i.e. they&#8217;ll try DFA again).<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> has prepared a new <strong>OSA Filter Connect<\/strong> product, which is a kind of virtual (grey) dark fibre style solution where ISPs connect their own active equipment alongside managed wavelengths on a common OSA bearer (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/10\/openreach-dark-fibre-new-osa-filter-connect-product-uk-isps.html\">here<\/a>). Some ISPs see this as being an &#8220;<em>inadequate alternative<\/em>&#8221; to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s DFA proposal (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/10\/sse-warn-openreachs-filter-connect-inadequate-alternative-dark-fibre.html\">here<\/a>) but others have shown more interest.<\/p>\n<p>At the time we only knew that the service would launch around Q1 2018\/19 and that its cost would be similar to a base OSA FSP3000 10Gbps configuration. This week Openreach has confirmed that the new service will launch on <strong>3rd April 2018<\/strong> and its pricing is cheaper than expected.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>OSA Filter Connect FSP 3000 (base build options)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-radius: 4px;\" bgcolor=\"#e5e5e5\" width=\"201\"><strong>Product<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-radius: 4px;\" bgcolor=\"#e5e5e5\" width=\"114\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Minimum Period<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-radius: 4px;\" bgcolor=\"#e5e5e5\" width=\"83\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Connection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>\u00a3 Exc VAT<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-radius: 4px;\" bgcolor=\"#e5e5e5\" width=\"147\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Rental per annum <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>\u00a3 Exc VAT<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" width=\"201\">OSA Filter Connect FSP3000 &#8211; 12 month<\/td>\n<td width=\"114\">\n<p align=\"center\">12 month<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"83\">\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a315,550<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"147\">\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a37,845<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" width=\"201\">OSA Filter Connect FSP3000 &#8211; 36 month<\/td>\n<td width=\"114\">\n<p align=\"center\">36 month<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"83\">\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a312,233<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"147\">\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a36,276<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" width=\"201\">OSA Filter Connect FSP3000 &#8211; 60 month<\/td>\n<td width=\"114\">\n<p align=\"center\">60 month<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"83\">\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a312,233<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"147\">\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a35,775<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The above base build minimum period options include dual fibre working capability, a 1U chassis, an 8 wavelength (8CSM) filter, and a 10Gb (20Gb ready) dual port core card. No resilience is provided on the base build. Further details can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openreach.co.uk\/orpg\/home\/updates\/briefings\/ethernetservicesbriefings\/ethernetservicesbriefingsarticles\/eth01218.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found here<\/a> and it is being supported by a useful reduction in Openreach&#8217;s OSA Main Link charges. Apparently an XG210 variant of this is also targeted to launch around late May 2018 (details in prior link).<\/p>\n<p>However we suspect that a number of providers will wait to see whether Ofcom can reintroduce DFA and no doubt they will meet some opposition. Big infrastructure builders like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\">Cityfibre<\/a> and Zayo have all previously warned that DFA could discourage investment in the construction of new fibre optic networks, although it&#8217;s possible that a less dramatic market definition from Ofcom may reduce those gripes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> As a managed Openreach service, comms providers will be able to scale up to 3.1Tb. The network provider also sells additional wavelength cards that allow CPs to scale in an Openreach managed way too. We should also point out that the price of incremental Wavelength sales reflects \u00a31,216 for connection with \u00a3429 rental.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Openreach&#8217;s new Optical Spectrum Access product (OSA Filter Connect \/ FSP3000), which has been created as a sort of soft alternative to Ofcom&#8217;s stalled Dark Fibre Access (DFA) solution, will officially be made available to ISPs from 3rd April 2018 and initially offer data speeds of around 10-20Gbps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[472,52,36,69],"class_list":["post-15649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-business","tag-fibre-optic","tag-ofcom-regulation","tag-bt-openreach"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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