Angus PC Repairs

The confusing range of acronyms involved is not helping any non-tech savvy people understand this, but bear with us as we try to explain. Moving telephone services to be all digital means disrupting the way broadband has operated for the majority of people to date. If there is no telephone number on the copper line coming in to your building, the existing system of ADSL and fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) cannot work. They are linked to a PSTN number.

 

 The replacements for the existing systems are as follows:

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FTTP - this is the best and fastest connection. Fibre line all the way into the building gives speeds of up to 1000Mbps up and down. This is only available to those living in an area where BT Openreach, or another provider such as Go-Fibre or Virgin have laid fibre cabling. If you live in Angus, Go-Fibre are laying cables for many towns, with Openreach nowhere to be seen. Whether they will ever be a competitor remains unclear. Our advice is to register interest with Go-Fibre on their website here ASAP if you are interested.

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SoGEA - Single Order Generic Ethernet Access is the replacement for fibre to the cabinet. If you cannot get FTTP or you don't want the speeds - although pricing may force people to FTTP eventually - this is FTTC without the telephone part. Telephony, like all these changes, is done using VoIP.

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SoTAP - Single Order Transitional Access Product is the so-called temporary solution for those who cannot get broadband by any existing fibre - FTTP or FTTC. These rural customers will have to replace their ADSL product with SoTAP.  In theory SOTAP will offer speeds up to 17Mbps but may be much lower. This is a very new product, having only just been launched as a trial at the end of May 2022, going live in July 2022. Full commercial launch is probably 2024. This product is meant to be a stop-gap until everyone has FTTP. Don't hold your breath Glenn Ogil.