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rhyds · 20-07-2014, 20:23

FTTC is a perfectly good "stepping stone" technology for the UK phone network. Remember most copper phone lines haven't been upgraded (or even inspected) since they were first put in. The FTTC work is running fibre (and more importantly ducting) out to local Cabinets/Nodes.

If Openreach decide to go FTTH in the future then rolling out FTTC will have made that job much, much easier. Openreach have to take a much wider view than Virgin Media and Sky when it comes to services roll-out, due to the universal service obligation.

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rhyds Inactive Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: North Wales Services: Plusnet Phone/BB, Freesat, VM Business BB (Cable) Posts: 821	Re: Could FTTC prove to be a mistake ? FTTC is a perfectly good "stepping stone" technology for the UK phone network. Remember most copper phone lines haven't been upgraded (or even inspected) since they were first put in. The FTTC work is running fibre (and more importantly ducting) out to local Cabinets/Nodes. If Openreach decide to go FTTH in the future then rolling out FTTC will have made that job much, much easier. Openreach have to take a much wider view than Virgin Media and Sky when it comes to services roll-out, due to the universal service obligation.