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BTOpenreach has told ISPreview.co.uk that the first large-scale residential trial of their future G.fast<\/a>\u00a0broadband technology (details<\/a>), which the telecoms operator expects to sell\u00a0via the Next Generation Access 2 (NGA2) tag, will begin next month in Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire) and ISPs are now being invited.<\/p>\n

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As a quick recap, Openreach<\/a> hopes to begin the decade long commercial deployment of G.fast<\/a> (ITU G.9701) technology in 2016\/17 and its eventual aim is to make broadband download speeds of ‘up to’ 500Mbps<\/strong> available to “most homes<\/em>” across the United Kingdom (initially the top speed may be capped at a lower level, such as 300Mbps like FTTP<\/a>).<\/p>\n

G.fast<\/a> itself works in a roughly similar way to the operators current 80Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet<\/strong> (FTTC<\/a>) service, except that it requires significantly more radio spectrum (FTTC<\/a> = 17MHz vs G.fast 106MHz+) and must thus operate over a much shorter run of copper cable (ideally less than 350 metres<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The service can reach many homes by simply being installed inside \/ alongside an existing street cabinet, although in other situations (i.e. where the property resides further away) then BT<\/a>’s high capacity fibre optic lines will need to be moved even closer. At this point the fibre may be taken to a smaller remote node or distribution point (FTTdp), which can also be built on top of a telegraph pole or possibly even put underground.<\/p>\n

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The initial trial locations are no secret and we’ve covered them before (here<\/a>), with the first one in Huntingdon<\/strong> (Cambridgeshire) expected to involve around 2,000 premises<\/strong>. A similar trial will also take place in Gosforth<\/strong> (Newcastle) and Openreach<\/a> plans a third \/ smaller “technical trial<\/em>” for Swansea<\/strong> (Wales); some FTTP<\/a> and FTTP<\/a> on Demand (FoD) upgrades may also be tested.<\/p>\n

Openreach<\/a> has now started inviting ISPs<\/a> to the first “free trial<\/em>” in Huntingdon\u00a0and we’re told that a number of different providers have already confirmed their participation. The related ISPs should begin inviting some of their customers in the relevant area(s) over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

As you’d expect the purpose of the first trial is simply to test the deployment processes and the technology itself, as well as the speeds and experiences it delivers for customers. We’re unlikely to see any preliminary pricing details or results until well after the summer, but we will of course aim to keep our readers in the loop as soon as anything leaks out.<\/p>\n

Mind you G.fast isn\u2019t without its pitfalls. The technology suffers a big performance hit when forced to work alongside existing FTTC<\/a> (VDSL2<\/a>) services and the upgrade itself could still carry a fairly big cost. On top of that nobody has clarified whether \u201cmost homes<\/em>\u201d means UK coverage of a little over 50% or significantly more (we suspect it may reflect something akin to FTTC\u2019s\u00a0second 66%UK deployment target, but that\u2019s a guess).<\/p>\n

The little bit of copper in G.fast\u2019s diet is of course still the biggest hindrance to performance (i.e. the signal degrades rapidly over distance) and reliability, but even so it\u00a0looks likely to deliver a big boost over current FTTC services. BT<\/a>\u2019s prior closed trials have reportedly been pleasantly smooth, which hopefully bodes well for future deployments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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