Digital Region Has Been Sold To Geo Networks

[SpencerUk]

According to ISP Review

There may be hope out there..maybe..ok a very slim..impossible hope to hold onto haha!

[mirdragon]

looking at that it will be for businesses only

ideally that could be the ideal opportunity for FTTP as shouldn't be too hard to splice outside premises

[rooneybuk]

There goes the conspiracy thoery of origin buying it lol

[WillPS]

Quote:as well as carrying out the decommissioning of the existing Digital Region street furniture

So that's it then. No interest in creating a consumer offer.

[vit0]

Can't see any residential options coming out of the Geo networks acquisition, but then again you never know!

[WillPS]

They are decommissioning the street furniture. That's it, game over.

[alexatkin]

Surely they won't have bought ALL the fibre then?

There is only really the City Centre and Attercliffe that is any use for data center links, the rest is spread across residential areas which would only be any good for FTTP.

Now if they were planning to sell that connectivity on to ISPs for FTTP connections, that would make sense.

[bgnx]

(16-07-2014 09:11 PM)vit0 Wrote:  Can't see any residential options coming out of the Geo networks acquisition, but then again you never know!

Doubtful aye.

[Rothbiz]

Here's my article on the deal:

http://www.rothbiz.co.uk/2014/07/news-42...-sold.html

I think you're right about the chances being slim but Zayo provides fibre-based bandwidth to nine of the ten largest global telecommunication carriers and TalkTalk recently extended a deal with Zayo to use its network services in the UK.

[KarlAustin]

*cough*

Fibre in residential areas still has value, 5G and beyond will use higher frequencies which require more masts because propagation is poor and contention will be worse also requiring more masts.