Albania
(VDSL)
|
- ALBtelecom Albania
[28] started offering VDSL2 service in March 2014. Currently offering speeds of up to 100/10 Mbit/s.
|
Austria (VDSL) |
-
Telekom Austria started providing VDSL2 under the name Gigaspeed in rural areas in November 2009. As of November 2010 Telekom Austria started a widespread campaign to bring VDSL2 (GigaSpeed) to as many customers as possible in metropolitan areas.
[29]
|
Austria (VDSL2) |
-
Telekom Austria started providing VDSL2 under the name Gigaspeed (now 'Glasfaser Speed') in rural areas in November 2009.
[30]
|
Belgium (VDSL) |
-
Belgacom was one of the early adopters of VDSL1, which has since been surpassed for the more widely used
VDSL2, supplying up to 100/40
[31] Mbit/s (DS/US) of videograde quality to support its single-, dual- and mostly triple-play customers all over Belgium. The technology deployment accompanied a large-scale FTTC investment.
|
Belgium (VDSL2) |
-
Belgacom (now Proximus) has rolled out
Alcatel-Lucent VDSL2 equipment in more than 28,000 street cabinets (Q2-2019) with more than 1,500,000 VDSL2 customers (Q3-2019). Belgacom also provides VDSL2 to small enterprises. Line speeds go up to 100 Mbit/s downstream (with vectoring) and 40 Mbit/s upstream. Digital TV service
Belgacom TV is delivered over this VDSL2 platform.
- Some internet providers are re-selling Belgacom VDSL2 subscriptions.
-
EDPnet is offering VDSL2 since November 2009. The maximum speed is 100 Mbit/s and unlimited traffic.
- All Belgian Scarlet ADSL customers are being moved to the Belgacom VDSL2-based network due to the sale of the
Scarlet network to
SNCB/NMBS-subsidiary
Syntigo.
|
Croatia (VDSL) |
- VDSL2 is offered since June 2013 only by a smaller telecom
H1 Telekom in urban areas. Speeds go from 20/2 to 50/15 Mbit/s. It's also available in
triple play packages that include TV and telephone. However, internet-only packages are not available: customers have to get it with phone service.
|
Croatia (VDSL2) |
-
H1 telekom is providing VDSL2 to customers since August 1, 2013 and it offers speeds up to 50/15 Mbit/s
flat rate
|
Czech Republic (VDSL2) |
-
Telefónica Czech Republic started public testing of VDSL2 service in mid-2009.
[32] VDSL2 was launched in May 2011, with availability in about half of the households. Offered speeds included 2/0.2 Mbit/s, 16/1 Mbit/s and 25/2 Mbit/s.
[33] In 2012, the speed was increased from 16/1 to 20/2 Mbit/s and from 25/2 to 40/2 Mbit/s.
[34] Following the functional separation in June 2015, the DSL infrastructure is now maintained by
CETIN. In November 2015 upload speed was increased up to 4 Mbit/s [40/4 Mbit]. VDSL2 Annex Q (profile 35b) is available since May 2017. As of mid-2018, the speed profiles offered are 2/0,2 Mbit/s (ADSL/VDSL2), 8/0,5 Mbit/s (ADSL/VDSL2), 16/0,7 Mbit/s (ADSL2+), 24/2 Mbit/s (VDSL2), 50/5 Mbit/s (VDSL2), 100/10 Mbit/s (VDSL2) and 250/25 Mbit/s (VDSL2 profile 35b).
[35] Vectoring is to be rolled out till the end of 2018 in the FTTC deployments (approx. 4100 remote DSLAMs in mid-2018 with a plan for a total of 10500 remote DLSAMs in 2022). CETIN also plans to start offering VDSL bonding till mid-2019.
[36] This bonding is though limited to maximum aggregate speed of 250 Mbit/s, bonding of lines with 35b at max rate isn't supported
[37]
|
Cyprus (VDSL2) |
- No VDSL products have appeared from telecom operators in Cyprus yet. OCECPR (NRA) has amended the Frequency Management Plan to facilitate the introduction of VDSL2 and launched its respective consultation.
[38]
|
Denmark (VDSL) |
-
TDC is providing VDSL in two larger city areas in Copenhagen and Aarhus from February 2008, most urban parts (100 largest city areas) was announced for March 2008, but this was changed to September 2008.
Fullrate and
Telenor are providing VDSL the same places as TDC, as they have access to their nodes.
|
Denmark (VDSL2) |
- TDC launched VDSL2 on January 21, 2008.
[39]
- Telenor launched VDSL2 on August 23, 2013.
[40]
- Fullrate launched VDSL2 on September 16, 2009,
[41] but only for customers on exchanges with Fullrate's own equipment, rather than exchanges with leased equipment from TDC. On September 29, 2010, Fullrate announced that they were able to provide VDSL2 to all Fullrate customers, regardless of exchange.
[42]
|
Estonia (VDSL2) |
-
Elion launched VDSL2-based business services in 2010. Current packages include 10/5, 20/5, 20/10 and 30/10. From May 1, 2013, VDSL2 is also offered to private customers with speed 30/10. Some users have maximum of 40/10 as of 2016, due to EstWin project. Fiber optic cable is being built around the country and the old rural ADSL DSLAM stations are turned into VDSL2 if possible (within reasonable distance from the telephone exchange). Telia offers since May 2018 VDSL2+V 35b with speeds 200/50, 100/25 and 50/10 to customers with so called old telephone copper wire areas.
[43]
|
Finland (VDSL) |
- Provided in
Oulu by DNA, in
Turku by
Sonera, in various cities by Nebula and in
Helsinki and
Tampere by
Sonera. The services provided in
Turku and
Oulu are actually based on
Cisco's
LRE, although at least in Oulu the technology has since been changed to VDSL2. A few universities also provide fiber-optic VDSLs to their students.
|
Finland (VDSL2) |
-
Saunalahti was to provide VDSL2 in December 2006 to small area as a pilot project, but was delayed until further notice due to low firmware satisfaction. In 2010 Saunalahti/Elisa provides VDSL2 subscriptions to some specific areas. An example: Elisa product with bundled IPTV services and 100/10 Mbit/s VDSL2 connection.
- Päijät-Hämeen Puhelin started providing 100/64 Mbit/s VDSL2 subscriptions in 2007 Q1.
- Nebula started providing VDSL2 pilot subscriptions during June 2007 and is currently offering commercial subscriptions in limited area.
- Suomi Communication Oy Offers both SHDSL and VDSL2 subscriptions where available.
-
DNA Oy offers symmetric 100/100 Mbit/s VDSL2 connections at least in the
Oulu area.
-
TeliaSonera offers VDSL2-based subscriptions in their "Kodin Netti" service, offering rates 1:1 Mbit/s, 10:10 Mbit/s and 100:10 Mbit/s.
-
PPO-Yhtiöt Oy offers VDSL2-based connections at speeds 10/10, 25/10, 50/10.
|
France (VDSL) |
-
Erenis [
fr] (bought by Neuf-Cegetel, now part of SFR) was offering both internet and telephone over VDSL in
Paris using FTTB. The broadband was 60 Mbit/s downstream and 6 Mbit/s upstream.
[44] This offer has been discontinued in Q2-2007.
- The French regulator, ARCEP, started to evaluate
[45] VDSL2 technology in FTTC mode in July 2011. They permitted the technology in April 2013 for a public launch later that year.
[46]
- As of Q3 2013, the hosting provider and ISP, OVH, provides VDSL access in larger French cities (Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Lille).
[47]
|
France (VDSL2) |
- Erenis was deploying VDSL1 and VDSL2 (as
fiber to the premises) until
Neuf Cegetel, later absorbed by
SFR, bought the company in April 2007.
[48] There was no further VDSL deployment in France because the standard has never been approved by the sole owner of the historical copper local loop (
France Télécom). VDSL2 use cases has been evaluated by the DSL tech introduction workgroup.
[49] and validated on 26 April 2013.
[50] Real testing with large numbers of real customers began in parts of France until the first public offer in 2013 Q4.
-
Orange Since 10/01/2013 offer VDSL2-based connections at speeds up to 100/30 Mbit/s (usually between 15 and 50 Mbit/s down).
-
SFR Since 10/01/2013 offer VDSL2-based connections at speeds up to 100/40 Mbit/s.
-
Bouygues Telecom Since 10/01/2013 offer VDSL2-based connections at speeds up to 100/40 Mbit/s.
-
OVH 10/01/2013 offer VDSL2-based connections at speeds up to 92/36 Mbit/s.
-
Free Since 10/01/2013 offer VDSL2-based connections at speeds up to 100/40 Mbit/s.
All except OVH offer Quadruple play BOX.
|
Germany (VDSL2) |
-
Deutsche Telekom initially started VDSL2 deployment in late 2006, with VDSL2 offered in the 12 largest cities in Germany, by 2007 residents in over 50 cities had access to VDSL2.
[51] While VDSL2 was originally only available to customers who purchased the triple-play package "Entertain" (starting at €54.95 per month for 25/5 Mbit/s or €59.95 for 50/10 Mbit/s), VDSL2 is now also available to double-play customers.
[52]
- In August 2014, Deutsche Telekom began offering G.vector profile 17a based 100/40 Mbit/s service in new VDSL2 deployments.
[53] Existing VDSL2 deployments will largely be upgraded to G.vector.
[54] For its G.vector VDSL2
customer premises equipment, Deutsche Telekom has specified mandatory support for profiles 8b and 17a, with optional support for profile 30a.
[55]
- In August 2018 Deutsche Telekom started offering VDSL2 G.vector profile 35b based products with either 250 or 175 Mbit/s downstream and 40 Mbit/s upstream to initially 6 million households with plans to extend the reach to 15 million households by the end of the same year.
[56]
-
Vodafone (formerly
Arcor) and
Telefónica Germany (marketed as O2) provide VDSL2 with up to 50/20 Mbit/s through
local-loop unbundling. These alternative providers also utilize G.vector to offer 100/40 Mbit/s service, however G.vector can only be feasibly deployed by one provider per
serving area interface. The regulator
BNetzA created a "vectoring list", on which providers can claim cabinets on a first-come-first-served basis. This provider is required to offer
bit-stream access to its competitors.
[57]
-
1&1 Internet, Congstar, and easybell offer VDSL2 with up to 50/10 Mbit/s via
bit-stream access to the access networks of Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, and Telefónica Germany.
|
Gibraltar (VDSL2) |
- Gibtelecom Ltd, has rolled out VDSL2 since 2012, offering HSI at 100 Mbit/s, 50 Mbit/s, 32 Mbit/s and 16 Mbit/s.
|
Guernsey (VDSL2) |
- Launched VDSL services October 2011. Sure and JT Global on the Bailiwick of Guernsey now offer VDSL at max 40 Mbit/s download and max 5 Mbit/s upload speeds, up from the existing 20 Mbit/s / 800 kbit/s ADSL2 service. This is available to customers within 2 km of the exchange.
|
Greece (VDSL2) |
- CYTA Hellas, a subsidiary of
CYTA, started offering VDSL2 services in
Attica in mid-December 2011 and expanded to
Thessaloniki and other major Greek cities in 2012.
[58]
[59]
-
OTE has been investing in VDSL2 as a transitional technology until
FTTH hits the market.
[60] It started testing VDSL2 in 2008 and began gradual deployment of the service by Q4, 2012. Since mid-2013 OTE has been offering its VDSL2 services to an ever-increasing number of areas in the major metropolitan centres of Greece.
- Most major ISPs in the country offer VDSL2 services using OTE's access network (FTTC), through the OTE Wholesale division.
|
Greenland (VDSL2) |
-
Tele Greenland is running VDSL2 on Ericsson DSLAMs as a part of FTTN, since 2009.
|
Hungary (VDSL) |
- Starting in October 2008 the largest Hungarian incumbent offers 25 Mbit/s subscriptions to approximately 100,000 households after upgrading part of their network to VDSL.
[61]
|
Hungary (VDSL2) |
-
T-Home is providing VDSL2 in select areas at 30 mbit download speed and 5 mbit upload speed.
|
Iceland (VDSL) |
- Provided in Akureyri/North East by Tengir.
- The telecom company Síminn is now implementing VDSL to much of the capital of Reykjavík, starting in 2010. The service is known as Ljósnet
[62] and most of the connections available with this service are VDSL2 but some users are apparently being offered GPONsame marketing name.
-
Vortex sells VDSL.
|
Iceland (VDSL2) |
- TSC has been running VDSL on TUT DSLAM since 2002 and is now running VDSL2 on SINO Telcom DSLAM.
- TSC is believed to be the first company to run VDSL on public
telephone lines.
-
Síminn is running VDSL2 on Alcatel-Lucent DSLAM as a part of FTTC.
|
Ireland (VDSL2) |
- Current service:
OpenEir, the wholesale arm of Ireland's largest telecommunications provider currently provides vectored VDSL2 services offering speeds of up to 100 Mbit/s (down) and 20 Mbit/s (up). The majority of lines are connected to
FTTC cabinets. However, due to the topology of the copper network, a small share of lines are also served directly from VDSL2 equipment located in local telephone exchange.
- Description of service: The network supports multicasting for IPTV services and customers can be provided either with a standalone VDSL2 connection, or VDSL2 bundled with a
POTS service. Most ISP's residential gateway devices contain a
VoIP
ATA which can be used to provide classic telephony services without using the legacy
PSTN infrastructure.
- Physical interface: Each
ISP provides its own
modem/access gateway, to a standardised network interface specification. New VDSL2 installations require a site visit to install a NTU (Network Termination Unit) - a modular telephone socket with an optional integrated filter which is connected directly to the incoming line, ahead of any other internal wiring. This ensures optimal service by eliminating possible line noise or problematic internal wiring. It also provide a testable, demarcation point between the customer's internal wiring and the OpenEir network - and has an RJ11 test socket behind the face plate. For this reason, unlike ADSL services, self-installation is not available, unless a VDSL2 service was already in place. The filter plate installed on the NTU provides three connection terminals: an unfiltered socket for the VDSL2 modem (RJ45 socket that accepts an RJ11 plug), a filtered RJ11 socket for analogue telephone service and a filtered screw-down wiring terminal, located on the back of the faceplate, where extension sockets can be connected. The socket device also provides a range of wiring options for connecting monitored alarms and other specialist services.
- VDSL2 providers: As OpenEir is a wholesale provider, ISP services are sold by a wide range of operators including (non-exhaustively): Airwire, BBnet,
Digiweb,
Eir (retail arm), Fastcom, Host Ireland (Business broadband), IFA Telecom, Invertec, Lightnet,
Magnet Networks, Net1, Pure Telecom, Regional Broadband, Ripplecom,
Sky Ireland, Telcom,
Three Ireland, Viatel,
Vodafone Ireland, Westnet and Wireless Connect. (Most provide home and business broadband while some are focused exclusively on the commercial sector.)
[63]
- Planned services (2018) 35b 'super vectoring' is being deployed, and expected to launch later in 2018. This will provide speeds of up to 250 Mbit/s (technically the standard supports up to 300 Mbit/s).
- History of VDSL/VDSL2 in Ireland:
Eircom first launched its
FTTC (fibre to the cabinet)
VDSL2 network on 20 May 2013. The service, called eFibre, had initial speeds of 70 Mbit/s download and 20 Mbit/s upload
[64] The network was designed with vectoring in mind, the DSLAMs and end-user modems were specified to support it from the start.
|
Isle of Man (VDSL2) |
- ISPs on the Isle of Man offer VDSL2 Profile 35b vectored at max 200 Mbit/s download and max 20 Mbit/s upload speeds and profile 17a Vectored at 100 Mbit/s down and 10 Mbit/s up.
|
Italy (VDSL2) |
-
Fastweb launched its service based on VDSL2 with which customers will benefit from speed of 200 Mbit/s download and 30 Mbit/s upload (VDSL2 35b) in more than 130 cities (FTTC SLU). Fastweb has announced a new plan to expand the network to ultra-wideband which will be completed at the end of 2020, to reach about 40% of the Italian population. Fastweb also providing 100/20 Mbit/s (VDSL2 17a) and 200/20 Mbit/s (VDSL2 35b) in more than 900 cities via kit VULA (wholesale Telecom Italia)
-
Vodafone providing 100/20 Mbit/s in more than 101 Italian cities (FTTC SLU). The aim is to reach 40% of the Italian population by 2020. Vodafone also providing 200/20 Mbit/s (VDSL2 35b) in more than 1683 cities via kit VULA (wholesale Telecom Italia).
-
Tiscali offers VDSL2 profile 100/20 Mbit/s (VDSL2 17a) and 200/20 Mbit/s (VDSL2 35b) in more than 196 Italian cities via kit VULA (wholesale Telecom Italia).
-
Infostrada offers VDSL2 profile 100/20 Mbit/s (VDSL2 17a) and 200/20 (VDSL2 35b) in more than 647 Italian cities via kit VULA (wholesale Telecom Italia).
-
Telecom Italia offering 3 profiles for FTTC: 30/3 Mbit/s, 100/20 Mbit/s (VDSL2 17a) and 200/20 Mbit/s (VDSL2 35b). About 80% of the population is covered, but many less densely populated areas are not yet.
|
Lithuania
(
VDSL2)
|
-
VDSL2 is offered by
Telia Lithuania, since 2018. Has three download speed tiers of 19 Mbit/s and 100 Mbit/s or 250 Mbit/s. The highest tier cost is €15.90 or €14.90 per month with a two-year contract. The lowest price tier is €10.90 per month with a two-year contract.
|
Luxembourg (VDSL2) |
-
Post Luxembourg has offered a 30 Mbit/s down, 10 Mbit/s up VDSL2 service since 2011. As of mid-2014, offerings also include 100 Mbit/s down, 50 Mbit/s up over bonded VDSL2, and faster services using
FTTK or FTTP.
[65] Alternative providers, including Luxembourg Online,
[66]
Orange and
Tango offer similar products.
|
Malta (VDSL) |
- VDSL is deployed in Malta by GO at speeds of up to 35 Mbit/s downstream and 2 Mbit/s upstream.
[67]
[68]
|
Monaco (VDSL2) |
- VDSL2, at a 30 Mbit/s downstream / 2 Mbit/s upstream rate, is offered to residential clients of
Monaco Telecom, the incumbent monopoly operator for fixed lines, television and internet provision. In February 2011, this internet service cost €35 per month, and use of the provided Monaco Telecom "MT Box", a rebranded Thomson TG789vn or TG789vn v3 modem since 2013, was obligatory.
- Since mid-2014 the maximum reachable speeds are 65 Mbit/s downstream / 8 Mbit/s upstream.
|
Netherlands (VDSL) |
- VDSL(2) is offered by
KPN. KPN hardly invested in ADSL2+ in 2006, despite the current coverage of only 57% (2007), because they saw a better future in VDSL. In 2014 KPN started offering vectoring for new customers and speeds up to 80 Mbit/s down and 8 Mbit/s up are reported.
- VDSL is rolled out by Tele2 in 25 cities on September 1, 2009.
|
Netherlands (VDSL2) |
-
KPN has been offering a
FttC VDSL2 service since 2009 and VDSL-CO ("Central Office") since 2010. KPN planned to offer VDSL-BR ("Buiten Ring", Outer Ring) starting from Q2 2011. KPN is offering VDSL both retail and wholesale. In 2014 KPN started to offer vectoring for new customers with speeds up to 80 Mbit/s down and 8 Mbit/s up.
- KPN subsidiaries
XS4All and
Telfort also offer VDSL2 to their customers.
-
Tele2 started offering VDSL2 under the FiberSpeed name in 2009.
-
BBned, now a Tele2 subsidiary, started offering VDSL2 in 2010.
|
Norway (VDSL) |
- VDSL2 was first announced by
NextGenTel at the start of 2009, and is now also offered by Tafjord Marked (Mimer) in
Ålesund,
PowerTech Information Systems in
Tønsberg and
Oslo and Drangedal Everk (DEAN) in
Drangedal.
Telenor started offering VDSL subscriptions on February 1, 2011. Speeds are 25/5, 30/10 and 40/10. NextGenTel has different speeds (30/5 and 40/20) and Powertech has only one tier of 50/20.
|
Norway (VDSL2) |
-
NextGenTel offers VDSL2 nationwide.
[69]
- Broadnet and Homenet offers VDSL2 nationwide.
-
Telenor offers VDSL2 nationwide.
[70]
- Netpower provide VDSL2 in the cities Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, and Sandnes.
- Noraxess provides VDSL2 in cities around Helgeland. With speeds up to 50/20 Mbit/s.
- PowerTech provides VDSL2 in Oslo and Akershus.
- StayOn provides VDSL2 and VDSL2 bonding in Møre og Romsdal.
|
Poland (VDSL) |
- VDSL2 is offered by
Orange Polska in two download speed tiers of 40 Mbit/s and 80 Mbit/s. The highest tier cost is $31 or €24 per month with a two-year contract.
|
Poland (VDSL2) |
-
Orange Polska has provided VDSL2 with speeds up to 80/8 Mbit since July, 2011.
-
Netia provides VDSL2 at 50/5 Mbit/s since December 2010.
|
Portugal (VDSL2) |
|
Romania (VDSL) |
- VDSL2 is offered in urban areas by
Romtelecom at speeds of 30 Mbit/s up to 100 Mbit/s for €10.54 per month with unlimited traffic and including a phone line.
|
Romania (VDSL2) |
-
Telekom Romania has offered VDSL2 at maximum 100 Mbit/s download and 32 Mbit/s upload since 2011 in 50 cities.
|
Russia (VDSL) |
- VDSL appeared on 8 February 2005. It is provided by SCTS,
[71] offers Internet speeds ranging from 4:1.5 Mbit/s to 12:6 Mbit/s at Saratov city. Connection costs around €7-50 per month (including 125–1024 MB of external incoming traffic). Traffic costs around €0.03-0.05 per
megabyte.
|
Serbia (VDSL2) |
- VDSL2 has been provided to customers of the largest telecommunication operator
Telekom Srbija, since February 1, 2013, for a two-year subscription plan or monthly payments for personal use.
|
Slovakia (VDSL2) |
-
Slovak Telekom has provided VDSL2 to customers since September 2013. Speeds up to 90/9 Mbit/s were available in 2021. VDSL2 vectoring is used as of 2020.
[72]
|
Slovenia (VDSL) |
- VDSL appeared on October 1, 2005. It is provided by
T-2, offering
triple play services with Internet speeds ranging from 1 Mbit/s:256 kbit/s (€16) to 60:25 Mbit/s (€73) at more than 120 locations across the country (75% coverage). A 40:15 Mbit/s connection costs €63 per month.
|
Slovenia (VDSL2) |
-
AMIS has provided VDSL2 to corporate customers since 2013.
- TušTelekom provides VDSL2 to enterprises.
-
Telekom Slovenije has provided VDSL2 since March 5, 2007 to its customers.
-
T-2 has provided VDSL2 to customers since May 2007 and offers speeds up to 60/25 Mbit/s on copper phone lines.
|
Spain (VDSL) |
- VDSL roll-out by
Telefonica began in 2005 in selected places in Madrid. The commercial launch was in September 2009 (combined with free national telephone calls and TV-over-IP service)
[73] and December 2009 (combined with free national calls).
[74]
|
Spain (VDSL2) |
-
Movistar tested the deployment of VDSL2 and planned to provide VDSL2 in beginning in2007 or 2008, but its commercial deployment was delayed until 2009.
[75] Their VDSL2 offer consists of a 30 Mbit/s access with an upload capacity of 1 Mbit/s.
-
Jazztel Introduced VDSL2 in April 2010.
[76] It has finished the deployment of the technology on its network and offers 30 Mbit/s over VDSL2 with an upstream rate of 3.5 Mbit/s.
[77]
|
Sweden (VDSL2) |
-
Telenor and Telia are negotiating a joint venture to deploy the VDSL2 infrastructure at a cost of 10 billion
Swedish kronor.
[78]
-
Bredbandsbolaget started conducting VDSL2 tests October 2005, Bredbandsbolaget is now a part of Telenor.
[79]
- On March 13, 2008
TeliaSonera announced it would start deploying VDSL2.
[80] Telia are talking about 30 to 70 Mbit/s in downstream.
- On March 18, 2008, Bredbandsbolaget announced it would start deploying VDSL2 on March 25, 2008.
[81] BBB is now offering VDSL2 at 60:20 Mbit/s for customers closer than 800 meters to telephone stations and 40/10 for customers between 800 and 1500 meters away.
|
Switzerland (VDSL) |
- Used in the Swisscom TV (former: Bluewin TV)
[82] television-over-IP service and in the DSL service with up to 50 Mbit/s downstream and 5 Mbit/s upstream, introduced with lower bitrates in November 2006. In 2007, voters in Zurich approved the installation of Fibre (and not VDSL) infrastructure. This "Fiber to the Home" network would be run by the city's power company and would offer maximum speeds of around 100 Mbit bandwidth, though it was not clear what the upload speeds or pricing would be. The Swiss telecom giant Swisscom offers VDSL2 in most of Switzerland and is currently migrating the ADSL-lines to VDSL2.
|
Switzerland (VDSL2) |
|
Turkey (VDSL) |
- Turk Telekom has offered VDSL2 services for resale by Turkish ISPs since July 1, 2008 across 73 of Turkey's 81 provinces. Packages ranging from 20 Mbit/s download/1 Mbit/s upload to 100 Mbit/s download/4 Mbit/s upload speeds are available. 20 Mbit/s will sell for approximately $20, while 100 Mbit/s will sell for $66.
[83] Turkish ISP's that will offer the service include TTNET,
[84]
[85] Tellcom,
[86] Biri,
[87] Plusnet
[88] and D-Smart.
[89]
|
Turkey (VDSL2) |
-
TTNet provides VDSL2 service in 20 Mbit/s, 35 Mbit/s, 50 Mbit/s and 100 Mbit/s.
-
TurkNet provides VDSL2 service in 24 Mbit/s, 35 Mbit/s, 75 Mbit/s and 100 Mbit/s.
-
Millenicom Türkiye [
tr]
[90] (Doping Internet)
[91] provides VDSL2 service in 24 Mbit/s, 35 Mbit/s, 50 Mbit/s and 100 Mbit/s.
-
Turkcell provides VDSL2 service in 24 Mbit/s.
-
Plusnet VDSL2 service in 24 Mbit/s, 35 Mbit/s, 50 Mbit/s and 100 Mbit/s.
|
United Kingdom (VDSL) |
British Telecom and resellers:
-
Openreach, the Access Network delivery arm of BT Group conducted successful trials of VDSL using FTTC technology in the
Muswell Hill area of North London. Following this trial national rollout commenced under the banner of NGA (Next Generation Access) starting with selected exchange areas around the UK. The product initially offered downstream bit rates of up to 40 Mbit/s and upstream of up to 10 Mbit/s dependent on the distance between the new DSLAM street-cabinet and the end user's premises, and by late 2012, this had increased to downstream bit rates of up to nearly 80 Mbit/s and upstream of up to 20 Mbit/s.
[92] Alongside this, Openreach are conducting additional trials into the deployment of FTTP (Fibre to the Premises) which although more expensive and complex to implement, can provide downstream rates of up to 110 Mbit/s and is thought to be more future-proofed than FTTC. Recently this has been improved to 330 Mbit/s downstream and 30 Mbit/s upstream. Original projections indicated that FTTC was significantly cheaper to implement than FTTP; however, current thinking is that the cost difference between the two technologies may be smaller than first envisaged.
- As of 2011, the Openreach product is also resold by other ISPs.
Other providers:
- A number of smaller regional ISPs also exist and sell VDSL based services.
- For example, Rutland telecom currently offer VDSL technology in some parts of the UK, mainly focused around the county of Rutland. Rutland telecom was the first ISP to offer VDSL services in the UK.
[93] Also ask4 Ltd,
Ripwire & DRBSY LTD
[94] announced the availability of up to 40 Mbit/s VDSL services for business users and consumers across South Yorkshire which utilises the infrastructure being rolled out by the four main councils in the area; Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley (collectively known as Digital Region Ltd),
[95] an EU government-backed project. The network offers up to 40 Mbit/s downstream and up to 10 Mbit/s upstream with an assured level of service. The infrastructure consists of FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet) with sub loop unbundling to provide the last-mile connection to the consumer via existing copper.
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BT Group tested VDSL2 in the Muswell Hill, London and Whitchurch, Cardiff Exchanges starting in July 2009. On 23 March 2009, they announced plans to deploy the service to 29 exchanges throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
[96] On 9 July 2009, they announced plans to deploy the service to a further 69 exchanges throughout the UK by the summer of 2010.
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May 2010 BT announced £2.5 billion plans to roll out a mixture of VDSL2 FTTC (75%) and
GPON
FTTP (25%) to 66% of the UK by 2015 with VDSL2 speeds starting at 40 Mbit/s down 10 Mbit/s up potentially rising to 60 Mbit/s down 15 Mbit/s up.
[98] In October 2011, BT announced that this roll-out was being accelerated such that it would be completed by 2014 (one year earlier than originally planned).
[99] In April 2012 BT introduced new product download speeds of up to 80 Mbit/s down and 20 Mbit/s up on its VDSL2 network. This has been achieved by increasing ANFP spectrum usage to 17 MHz. BT announce FTTP On Demand — a GPON-based service to extend the fibre overlay in FTTC areas direct to the home to subscribers willing to pay (install costs not yet announced expected to be in high hundreds of pounds).
- On 8 October 2009, it was revealed that Virgin Media would test VDSL2. Residents of Higher Pill, in Saltash, and nearby Hatt were to be offered free broadband via a VDSL2 line to a roadside cabinet. The cabinets were to be linked to Virgin Media backhaul via new fibre laid by Vtesse Networks through BT's local exchange, 5 km away.
[100]
The trial eventually resulted in Vtesse Networks running the final service without Virgin Media's involvement under their own brand on 1 October 2010.
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Digital Region Ltd, an EU government-backed project formed by the four main councils in South Yorkshire – Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley, along with the Regional Development Agency, Yorkshire Forward, have rolled out VDSL2 services to over 80% of the county. The network was shut down in August 2014 having never passed 5,000 subscribers. The street furniture was disconnected from the power circuits (it piggybacked off streetlighting) in September through November.
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LittleBigOne also joined the network in 2011, offering 40 Mbit/s VDSL services, including the first UK IPTV over VDSL service, which launched in early 2012. They were also to offer an "up to 100 Mbit" service starting in May 2012.[
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- On 14 April 2010, Rutland Telecom announced that it is to deliver broadband speeds up to 40 Mbit/s using a fibre to the cabinet solution in the Welsh village of Erbistock. The initiative, backed by private investment, would be the first time that VDSL2 technology has been used in a Welsh rural village.
[101]
VDSL2 uses Profile 17a, Annex A, VLAN 101 and is capped at 80 Mbit/s download and 20 Mbit/s upload.
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