Reminds me, in case I wasn't clear access to BT's poles is also included in this.
As you may know Horizon / Verizon BT have already conducted trials attaching fibre to existing copper from poles. I saw a video of them blowing fibre through a tube attached to a line somewhere.
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Originally Posted by Pierre
As I say, the vast majority of their connections to the customers are aerial copper fed by a pole. Even the report states to provide fibre aerially BT would.
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You probably want to be telling BT this, they seem to be under the impression the mix is about 50:50 overhead / underground.
http://www.wlga.gov.uk/uploads/publications/6002.pdf
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