Thread: BT Open Up Ducting - Look To Use Virgin's
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Old 23-02-2010, 00:25   #22
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Re: BT Open Up Ducting - Look To Use Virgin's
Personally i can't see this including the local access network as alot of the ducting is meant for the local CATV network, the main fibre routes have been designed to bypass this within the same trench so as to keep them sort of separate.

Now in many cities around the country the space within the pavements must be at bursting point with little or no room to expand or build new ducting within the pavements so i could see why this is being pushed by BT as VM have alot of ducting along with other operators that could be used to pull more fibre to expand the BT network with the intention of fibre to cab/home ect. So i would say it's in the interest of BT to force coerce the others into doing this.

VM in my opinion still have alot to get out of the CATV network and have only just been able to start doing this. With analogue being switched off freeing up more bandwidth on the DS, upgrades to improve the US i can't see why VM should or would want to do this. As has already been stated, the sharing of ductwork and fibre cables has been going on for years anyway.
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