Question reference: S5W-36110
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 23 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-34146 by Paul Wheelhouse on 19 January 2021, whether it has asked OpenReach to re-evaluate flipping the premises that are due to be connected via Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) to Fibre to the Premises (FTTP).
Answer
When bidding for the R100 contracts, suppliers submitted bids that maximised coverage with the funding available. Through the remodelling exercise, we have again asked BT to maximise coverage but are separately exploring the possibility of securing further funding to flip premises. We anticipate that, following the remodelling exercise, we will see an even greater proportion of FTTP coverage in the North lot.