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TalkTalk working with BT on broadband fibre
07 Oct 2010 | 16.18 Europe/London
TalkTalk, the UK’s second largest ISP is working on a broadband fibre service which will use BT’s infrastructure.
BT has been seeking third parties to take wholesale fibre packages to boost its fibre roll out which is projected to cost it £2.5bn. Without the support of wholesale partners, analysts have predicted raising the necessary funds to provide a Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) infrastructure to 17m homes by 2015 would be prohibitive.
Charles Dunstone, TalkTalk’s Chairman, has revealed that after initial reservations over BT’s packages were remedied, the pricing structure is now in place for the company to be actively working on launching its own up to 40Mbp/s service. This would make TalkTalk the first customer for BT's wholesale fibre product.
This will give customers a choice between BT’s Infinity product and the future service launched by TalkTalk. There is no indication yet when the rival service will be launched or how it will be priced, although Dunstone has said it will, like BT, undercut Virgin Media. The latter’s 50Mb service costs £28 per month, compared to £20 per month for BT Infinity.
BT has been seeking third parties to take wholesale fibre packages to boost its fibre roll out which is projected to cost it £2.5bn. Without the support of wholesale partners, analysts have predicted raising the necessary funds to provide a Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) infrastructure to 17m homes by 2015 would be prohibitive.
Charles Dunstone, TalkTalk’s Chairman, has revealed that after initial reservations over BT’s packages were remedied, the pricing structure is now in place for the company to be actively working on launching its own up to 40Mbp/s service. This would make TalkTalk the first customer for BT's wholesale fibre product.
This will give customers a choice between BT’s Infinity product and the future service launched by TalkTalk. There is no indication yet when the rival service will be launched or how it will be priced, although Dunstone has said it will, like BT, undercut Virgin Media. The latter’s 50Mb service costs £28 per month, compared to £20 per month for BT Infinity.