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BT holds trial of 'FTTP on demand' services
Monday 6th February 2012, by Harry Wallis
Broadband provider BT has confirmed the successful trials of its fibre to the premises (FTTP) connections in St Agnes, Cornwall.
The technology enables extra fibre to be run on demand to properties that are located within a fibre to the cabinet-enabled area (FTTC), meaning that consumers can take advantage of ultra-fast internet services.
Such connections are likely to appeal to small and medium-sized businesses that have to send and receive large amounts of data, with an excellent response recorded from those that took part in the St Angus trial.
In the past, FTTP speeds were not plausible in FTTC-enabled regions, but BT has pioneered a solution that benefits from the fibre already existing between the exchange and the street cabinet.
Such an innovation could prospectively make a significant difference to Britain's broadband industry, as FTTP services could be obtainable anywhere in BT's fibre footprint, presenting users in the future with maximum speeds of 300Mbps.
The broadband provider is looking to complete further trials of FTTP on demand this summer in an effort to make the technology commercially accessible to firms by spring next year.
Openreach chief executive Olivia Garfield said: "FTTP on demand is a significant development for Broadband Britain. Essentially, it could make our fastest speeds available wherever we deploy fibre.
"This will be welcome news for small businesses who may wish to benefit from the competitive advantage that such speeds provide."
BT will also double the speed of its standard fibre broadband this spring, enabling providers to offer speeds of up to 80Mbps to customers.
This new technology looks set to be welcomed by Britons, as a study by TP-Link has shown that 51 per cent of UK residents want quicker broadband deals.
The research also discovered that 77 per cent of the country's internet users are not content with their existing connection speed.
