American telco giant AT&T has revealed overnight that it will deploy Fibre to
the Premises in 100 major US cities in the United States, delivering gigabit
broadband speeds.
This FTTP model directly contradicts statements by Communications Minister
Malcolm Turnbull that the telco is focusing on the Coalition’s preferred Fibre
to the Node model. In an interview on the Triple J radio station last week,
Turnbull explicitly named AT&T, one of the largest telcos in the US, was
deploying FTTN technology.
t is true that AT&T has deployed FTTN widely throughout the US.
However, overnight, in a statement published online, the telco revealed it
planned to upgrade that FTTN platform imminently to FTTP, in a major investment
which will see 100 US cities receive gigabit broadband speeds.
http://about.att.com/story/att_eyes_100_u_s_cities_and_municipalities_for_its_ultra_fast_fiber_network.html
“AT&T today announced a major initiative to expand its ultra-fast fiber network
to up to 100 candidate cities and municipalities nationwide, including 21 new
major metropolitan areas. The fiber network will deliver AT&T U-verse with
GigaPowerSM service, which can deliver broadband speeds up to 1 Gigabit per
second and AT&T’s most advanced TV services, to consumers and businesses,” the
telco said.
“We’re delivering advanced services that offer consumers and small businesses
the ability to do more, faster, help communities create a new wave of
innovation, and encourage economic development,” said Lori Lee, senior
executive vice president, AT&T Home Solutions. “We’re interested in working
with communities that appreciate the value of the most advanced technologies
and are willing to encourage investment by offering solid investment cases and
policies.”
Other countries which have also deployed FTTN services are also expanding plans
to upgrade those networks with FTTP capabilities. For example, in June 2012
British telco BT revealed plans to modify its up to 76Mbps national fibre to
the node rollout so that customers will be able to choose to have fibre fully
extended to their premises, delivering a large speed upgrade to 330Mbps in the
process and shifting its rollout model closer to Labor’s original, FTTP-based
NBN policy.
opinion/analysis
Wow. Sounds like 1Gbps speeds are shortly going to become pretty standard
across much of the United States. I wonder how long it will be before Australia
will be able to say the same. Right now, NBN Co isn’t even committing to speeds
above 25Mbps for the Coalition’s alternative FTTN vision. I’d say that’s a
pretty substantial difference in vision.
The irony here is also incredible. Just days after Turnbull lists AT&T as a
poster child for Fibre to the Node, the telco turns around and becomes a global
poster child for gigabit Fibre to the Premises. Sounds like some old-fashioned
Turnbullian logic there. It appears the Minister did not consult closely enough
with AT&T during his recent visit to the US.
http://delimiter.com.au/2014/04/22/att-deploy-gigabit-fibre-100-us-cities/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Delimiter+%28Delimiter%29
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Cheers,
Stephen
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