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BTOpenreach, which is responsible for managing access to BT<\/a>’s national UK telecoms and internet access network, has moved the prospect of a self install superfast broadband<\/strong> service (i.e. no engineer required) one set closer today by announcing a technical trial<\/strong> of Microfilters<\/strong> for its 40-80Mbps\u00a0Fibre-to-the-Cabinet<\/strong> (FTTC<\/a>) lines.
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\nMost people should already be familiar with Microfilters (aka – Splitters<\/em>) as they’re used by traditional 8-24Mbps capable (ADSL<\/a> \/ ADSL2+) broadband lines, which dominate the market. These are small devices that plug into your BT<\/a> wall socket and split the line into both a voice (telephone) and data (ADSL<\/a>) connection, allowing you to make calls and surf the internet at the same time.<\/p>\n

Crucially FTTC<\/a> only takes the fibre optic cable as far as your local street cabinet, while the remaining connection (between cabinets and homes) is done via existing copper cable<\/strong> and VDSL technology. Naturally VDSL and ADSL<\/a> are very similar and thus it should be possible to adapt Microfilters to FTTC<\/a> lines, yet there are problems with this approach.<\/p>\n

BTOpenreachs Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n

Microfilters are believed to be one of several key enablers to move the GEA-FTTC product to being a self-install product, removing the need for an engineer visit to the end user\u2019s premises.<\/em><\/p>\n

The use of microfilters, however, may result in reduced speeds when compared to an engineer-based installation, depending on a number of factors. This risk necessitates a technical trial prior to a larger scale customer pilot activity. We\u2019re therefore running this technical trial to understand the actual and perceived service performance achieved using microfilters.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The closed trial, which is set to run for 3 months<\/strong>, is expected to begin in “early<\/em>” June 2012<\/strong> and BT<\/a> anticipates that most of the 300+ expected triallists will come from ISP employees. The line connection fee will be free on trial lines.<\/p>\n

Internet providers have demanded a wires-only \/ self-install FTTC solution since the service first emerged, not least because it would help to significantly reduce the setup cost<\/strong> for new customers and could also remove the requirement for a lengthy 12 month contract<\/strong> (needed to help offset the service cost).<\/p>\n

The question will be whether or not the performance impact from using a linear Microfilter, instead of a full engineer install,\u00a0will be\u00a0worth it. A larger scale customer pilot <\/strong>will follow, but only\u00a0if BT’s trial is successful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BTOpenreach, which is responsible for managing access to BT’s national UK telecoms and internet access network, has moved the prospect of a self install superfast broadband service (i.e. no engineer required) one set closer today by announcing a technical trial of Microfilters for its 40-80Mbps\u00a0Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) lines.<\/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":[55,69],"class_list":["post-799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-fttc","tag-bt-openreach"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"\nBT Openreach Trial Brings Self Install Superfast Broadband a Step Closer - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BTOpenreach, which is responsible for managing access to BT's national UK telecoms and internet access network, has moved the prospect of a self install\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/05\/bt-openreach-trial-brings-self-install-superfast-broadband-a-step-closer.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BT Openreach Trial Brings Self Install Superfast Broadband a Step Closer - 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