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Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC)

Openreach is considering how it might utilise VDSL2 technology to offer faster bandwidth to cabinets serving premises using copper infrastructure and to provide a product to the market under the Generic Ethernet Access (GEA) Fast Access portfolio. The Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) infrastructure could provide, for many premises, a better downstream and better upstream bandwidth than can be delivered by ADSL2+ technology over a standard copper access network connection. Handover to the CPs will be at the exchange, not the cabinet.

As an overlay to the existing copper network the focus of GEA Fast Access provided over FTTC will be at sites where communications services already exist, thus complementing GEA delivered over FTTP which will primarily be deployed on new build sites.

Product information

Openreach has consulted with CPs with regard to GEA Fast Access over FTTC.  A summary of the consultation responses and the revised GEA over FTTC Product Proposal (Issue 1.4) can be downloaded below.

GEA Fast Access over FTTC will initially deliver speeds of up to 40 Mbit/s and Openreach is investigating technologies which can increase these speeds to over 60 Mbit/s.  Openreach's aim is that both urban and rural areas will be able to benefit from GEA Fast Access over FTTC and Openreach will work with Government, regional and local authorities to ensure that the roll-out is demand driven.

Further information on GEA over FTTC can be found on the Generic Ethernet Access page .

FTTC product documentation

Type NameSize Issue date
GEA over FTTC Product Proposal (Revised following consultation)

Issue 1.4

158 K 23/10/2008
FTTC Product Documentation Generic Ethernet Access - Fast Access

Follow this link to find FTTC product documentation

0 K 04/06/2009
STIN 494 FTTC GEA Service and Interface Description

Issue1.0

171 K 03/02/2009

FTTC consultation documents

Type NameSize Issue date
List of exchanges for potential future roll-out of GEA over FttC

List of Exchanges Jan 2010

49 K 12/01/2010
GEA over FTTC Openhouse slides

Consolidated slides including information presented at the Openhouse along with summaries of the product feature and customer journey prioritisation exercises.

3.4 M 11/11/2008
GEA over FTTC Pilot Proposal Response Summary

Issue 1.0

262 K 23/10/2008