Fibrecity
The town where I live is going to be the first “Fibrecity” in the UK, apparently. I’ve been asked for permission to connect fibre-optic cabling capable of speeds in excess of 100Mbps to my house, at no cost.
I’m usually quite skeptical about no-cost offers like this, but this one does seem like it might be genuinely useful. Also, our local council has already gone ahead with the work for their offices and for the BIC and Pavilion.
I’m thinking about opting in, but there’s an exhibition about it at the local library so I might go and see that first.
July 31st, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Tim - I’m sure it will be interesting to see the exhibition, but it sounds like you have little to loose and a lot to gain. I’m sure many of your colleagues will be very jealous, and you’ll probably struggle to contain your excitement
Congrats, and let’s hope the s**t you get is of the electronic content kind, rather than something else coming up through the fibre
July 31st, 2008 at 10:42 pm
They will install the cable - but how much will it cost to use it?? No mention of that at all. I am an old cynic but suspect they need a minimum number of installations before they can start digging up Bournemouth. I would love it if it were free but I doubt it!
August 1st, 2008 at 9:28 am
Indeed, there’s been no mention so far of how much it might cost to use it once the cable is installed, or even of how long it might take before I would be able to do that (only that work commences in September).
This part is just to give me the option to use it at a later date.
August 11th, 2008 at 10:22 am
To quote from the leaflet “Fibrecity is an all inclusive project, free to all homes, businesses, hospitals, and educational facilities.” unquote. The way I read it, it costs nothing to use.
August 11th, 2008 at 10:44 am
William: it was the next sentence that made me think there will be a service charge for use: “It is up to you if you take advantage of the services that are delivered over it when they become available.”
Unfortunately when I went to the library the day after writing this post, the Fibrecity stand hadn’t turned up…
I’ll try to pop in this week and find out more.
August 14th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
What is the matter with you guys? It is free. If and when they start their BB ,if you think it is too expensive, or any other adverse reason then don’t take it. You have nothing to lose.I wish I lived in Bournemouth.
August 25th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
From my reading of the information, H2O will be installing dark fibre i.e. the back bone of a network. They will won’t be providing network services themselves. Once the fibre is in place they will market it to ISPs for them to use in providing services to the public.
http://www.h2onetworksdarkfibre.com/about-us/?faqs