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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Not neccessarily.
Openreach installing a new FTTC cab would as far as possible blow fibre down existing ducts to the existing cab. VM adding capacity via a new optical node would do the same.
Openreach installing a new FTTC cab would dig up the road to obtain power from the nearest available source. VM adding capacity via a new optical node wouldn't necessarily have to do that, but if they did, the would do the same.
Openreach would then have to install cross-connects from the existing cab to the new cab. VM adding capacity via a new optical node would do the same.
If existing VM infrastructure is at capacity, then they have to go through all the same routine as Openreach do installing a new cab - including planning permissions, civil works, road closures, etc.
Course if there's existing capacity available that's not being used, bringing it online is fairly trivial in comparison.
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yeah 18 months to add a new US channel must be really physically demanding :p