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Posted on 08.13.07
Norwegian network operator and service provider Lyse Telecom offers a plan to its customers where they lay the last segment of the FTTH connection themselves in return for a savings in the installation fee: To keep costs down, subscribers can lay the last part of the network themselves. There’s a do-it-yourself kit, and they save €500 (US$630). Around 80% do the physical, self-provisioning part themselves. Filed under: Business and Technology Comments: 3 Comments »RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Leave a commentLine and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed: |
Interesting idea. One point is unclear in the article : “Apart from saving money, subscribers who lay the fiber themselves feel that they own that part of the infrastructure.”
They feel they own the infrastructure, but do they actually own it ? Or does it belong to the operator. I think it’s an important point : if the infrastructure belongs to the customer, it means opening it to other operators should be possible. It also raises issues about managing and maintaining all these little parts of infrastructure, if they belong to multiple owners…
Comment by Stéfan — August 16, 2007 @ 2:35 am
The article leaves unclear exactly what network elements are part of the self install option. The wording “lay the last part of the network” certainly seems to imply fiber installation, but I’m hard pressed to think it could mean anything more than perhaps mounting an Optical Network Terminal, bringing household power to it and connecting to inside wiring (by itself a fairly onerous task but not quite $630 worth). Surely people aren’t installing conduit and pulling fiber beneath their lawns. Are they?
Comment by FGF — August 16, 2007 @ 11:56 am
It involves digging on your own property and laying the conduit so that the crew can simply install the fiber from the road to your house. Lyse delivers the conduit at your door, and you have to have it dug and ready within 14 days. Indoor work is also part of the self-install.
Savings are aprox US$420 (not US$630). US$630 is what you pay if you don’t do any work yourself.
Comment by olsen — August 16, 2007 @ 12:47 pm