topic Re: Part fibre ? in Broadband

Part fibre ?

brianroo17 — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:09:39 GMT

Hi i contacted Openreach regarding fibre to my house. At the moment they can't do it in our area but can do part fibre to the cabinet. How does that work does anyone have this. Thanks

Re: Part fibre ?

FLC — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:17:58 GMT

It's just a new name for FTTC.

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/broadband-technology-explained

Re: Part fibre ?

TimmyBGood — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:47:27 GMT

@brianroo17 wrote:

How does that work does anyone have this.

FTTC has been the dominant form of broadband connectivity for the past decade, replacing ADSL and now itself being superceded by FTTP. As @FLC indicates, Ofcom now insists that ISPs refer to FTTC as 'part-fibre' and FTTP as 'full-fibre' because in the past they (and Openreach) have fudged the distinction by using the term 'fibre broadband'.

https://www.openreach.com/fibre-broadband/fttc-vs-fttp

Re: Part fibre ?

TimmyBGood — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:36:37 GMT

@brianroo17

Specifically, providers should:

give a short description of the underlying network technology of each broadband product using one or two terms that are clear and unambiguous, such as ‘cable’, ‘copper’, ‘full-fibre’ or part-fibre’. These descriptions should be offered at point of sale on the website, and before the final purchase in contract information, and in the contract summary;
not be use the term ‘fibre’ on its own to describe the underlying broadband technology. This would mean, for instance, that ‘full-fibre’ (or a similar term) is only used to describe networks which use fibre-optic cables all the way from the exchange to the home. Similarly, ‘part-fibre’ (or a similar term) would describe those services with a fibre-optic connection from the local exchange to the street cabinet and then usually a copper wire connecting the street cabinet to the customer’s home; and

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/bills-and-charges/customers-to-get-clearer-broadband-information/

Re: Part fibre ?

TimmyBGood — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:46:40 GMT

@brianroo17

The Sky version of this is

Re: Part fibre ?

brianroo17 — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:00:43 GMT

So that's why the cabinets say fibre broadband available here.

Re: Part fibre ?

brianroo17 — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:02:15 GMT

So sky can do part fibre before we ask them, obviously not full just yet.

Re: Part fibre ?

Chrisee — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:30:13 GMT

@brianroo17 yes Sky can normally provide a service over any Openreach line. There are exceptions but these are rare.

Re: Part fibre ?

TimmyBGood — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:21:08 GMT

@brianroo17 wrote:

So that's why the cabinets say fibre broadband available here.

Yes: that's a good example of how the terminology has been less than clear in the past.