INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BT Openreach will upgrade fewer copper lines with G.Fast than previously planned in recognition that full fibre connectivity is now the
preferred technology of both industry and the government.The vast majority of superfast broadband connections in the UK make use of fibre to
the cabinet (FTTC) technology, which uses copper for the final few hundred metres
G.Fast increases speeds on copper to about 330Mbps.BT had previously maintained that making use of copper assets was the fastest way to
bring superfast broadband to as many people as possible, but political pressure to roll out Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) had been
including Virgin Media, TalkTalk, CityFibre, Gigaclear and Hyperoptic are already building FTTP networks.According to the Financial Times,
Openreach will still upgrade 5.7 million homes and businesses to G.Fast over the next two years
G.fast allows us to do that alongside our big full fibre build with little disruption to local communities, so we plan to upgrade more than
million properties to be covered by 2025 and for nationwide coverage to be completed by 2033
in the UK as these ultrafast connections will be essential to providing backhaul for the site and small cell infrastructure that will power
