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The UK is still absent from the list of the top European countries offering optical fibre links to homes. But France, Portugal, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria have made it, according to the latest figures from the European division of the Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council, an industry support group.
Discussions about funding next-generation broadband have focused on state intervention and private investment, but there are other ways of moving things forward, says Malcolm Corbett.
BT’s decision to give competitors access to its infrastructure brings the prospect of a UK-wide next-generation network a step closer. But as Dave Bailey reports, there is still some way to go.
BT’s duct and pole system could result in savings of more than 25 per cent compared to the costs of building completely new infrastructure, according to fibre network provider Geo, whose own network runs through London’s Victorian sewer system and alongside national gas lines.
HP Enterprise Services has paired up with Geo to design and build a fibre network in the UK to connect two data centres in the North-East of England.
