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weesteev · 01-07-2010, 20:36

The trial was to determine how the engineering aspects of using poles to deliver service could be be overcome. The network engineers have worked on an access network for 20+ years that has been in the ground so this is all new technology for them.

Virgin have to identify the risks and issues caused by bringing the !invisible" core network aspects it currently has underground, above ground and onto poles. It also has to trial new equipment to provision this type of service as the existing transmission equipment will not be able to be pole mounted in its current state. The trial would also extend to FTTC and FTTH to determine how the varying technologies would affect the distribution of service. Its a hell of a lot of work, I still have to see how the trial is going, I keep forgetting to check it out!

01-07-2010, 20:36	#12
weesteev Cable Guru Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Scotland Age: 43 Services: Virgin Media Gig1 RFOG, TV360, Stream, GoFibre 1Gb Posts: 1,050	Re: Virgin in talks with Power firms The trial was to determine how the engineering aspects of using poles to deliver service could be be overcome. The network engineers have worked on an access network for 20+ years that has been in the ground so this is all new technology for them. Virgin have to identify the risks and issues caused by bringing the !invisible" core network aspects it currently has underground, above ground and onto poles. It also has to trial new equipment to provision this type of service as the existing transmission equipment will not be able to be pole mounted in its current state. The trial would also extend to FTTC and FTTH to determine how the varying technologies would affect the distribution of service. Its a hell of a lot of work, I still have to see how the trial is going, I keep forgetting to check it out!