Why fibre when sometimes there is a much easier alternative?

[Gareth]

Haha, true, I was thinking only of the technical aspect… Dealing with Orange, whether it’s for 4G or fibre, is worse than a fate worse than death

[NotALot]

Nokia Networks introduced their radio access sharing feature in the late 2000s which basically allowed two different operators to use the same radio access network with all the way from mast to core network.

First deployed in the Three/T-Mobile U.K. co-operation MBNL.

[JohnH]

I’m sure there are still distribution points for ADSL/VDSL, and they may be served by fibre but, if you buy a fibre service then it’s fibre to the premises.

[hairbear]

@John_Scully

Are you sure John? I’ve seen boxes on poles that look, to my untutored eye, like last mile distribution points

Fibre in France is always fibre to the premises. Those white boxes you see on the poles are fibre distribution boxes intended to supply multiple premises with fibre from a single fibre.

[John_Scully]

Fair enough

[JohnBoy]

@hairbear

Fibre in France is always fibre to the premises. Those white boxes you see on the poles are fibre distribution boxes intended to supply multiple premises with fibre from a single fibre.

Yep they certainly are.
When we were switched to fibre in June I ‘assisted’ the subcontract installer (a long story I wrote about at the time).
Having watched the area installation progress over trhe last year or so and with the info I gleaned from the subbie installer we are linked to fibre all the way to its source.

[Krister]

@JohnBoy

I wonder how long it will be before a team of cable removers sweep across the country removing what will ultimately be obsolete copper telephone wires that pass along the same dilapidated poles as the new fibre?

The removal of copper has already started. On the map linked below, you can see the schedule commune by commune.
https://cuivre.infos-reseaux.com/#4.9/46.12/2.73