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06:22 14th December 2010
Opening up BT's pipes and ducts may increase the local access speeds of fibre broadband networks and reduce the cost of extending them, according to Andrew Ferguson, editor at broadband information and news website thinkbroadband.com.
Mr Ferguson said the next ducting/pole access gives two options.
The first of these is "direct to the home access for fibre over BT poles/ducting, or partial fibre as in FTTC [fibre to-the cabinet]" which would improve local access speeds, Mr Ferguson said.
Secondly it could "make it cheaper for [broadband] providers to extend the reach of their national fibre backbones", which could then be used to sell capacity on, the expert added.
His comments followed Ofcom's chief executive Ed Richards' announcement last month that opening up access to BT's pipes and ducts would encourage further investment in next-generation broadband networks.
Mr Ferguson went on to say that Ofcom's requirement that BT division Openreach offers virtual unbundled local access (VULA) - a virtual connection to BT's next-generation fibre products - with its last mile fibre telecommunications will "see more providers offering it" in 2011.
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