Openreach’s Dark Fibre solution at discounted price

Openreach has come up with an offer of price discounts on their multi gigabit capable OSA Filter Connect which is a virtual Dark Fibre style solution with 5 years contract terms. They have also launched their contract for a longer period of 7 years term to serve better needs of their infrastructure providers.

As of now, the longest term for their product is 60 months (5 years). However the operator will provide their very high bandwidth 10 Gbps Ethernet Access Direct and OSA Filter Connect products for a new longer contract term of 7 years (84 months) with effect from July 2, 2019. Beyond this, they also offer around 9 to 17% of discount on their 5 years term products and they will withdraw their 5 years period OSA Filter Connect variant for new sales after ninety days on September 20, 2019.

The product Optical Spectrum Access was launched originally as an alternative to Ofcom’s cancelled Dark Fibre Access solution and it makes the ISPs to link their own active equipment along with wavelengths on a common OSA bearer.

Discounted 5 years products:

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  OSA Filter Connect FSP3000 – Dual Fibre will be offered at a discount of 17%. The Connection charges (excl VAT) will be £12,233 and annual rental (excl VAT) will be £4,800.

  
  


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  OSA Filter Connect – XG210 – Dual Fibre will be offered at a discount of 17%. The Connection charges (excl VAT) will be £8,590 and annual rental (excl VAT) will be £4,800.

  
  


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  OSA Filter Connect – XG210 – Single Fibre will be offered at a discount of 9%. The Connection charges (excl VAT) will be £8,590 and annual rental (excl VAT) will be £4,000.

  
  

New 7 years term products

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  OSA Filter Connect FSP3000 – Dual Fibre with the Connection charges (excl VAT) will be £12,233 and annual rental (excl VAT) will be £3,850.

  
  


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  OSA Filter Connect – XG210 – Dual Fibre with the Connection charges (excl VAT) will be £8,590 and annual rental (excl VAT) will be £3,850.

  
  


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  OSA Filter Connect – XG210 – Single Fibre with the Connection charges (excl VAT) will be £8,590 and annual rental (excl VAT) will be £3,200.

  
  


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  EAD 10000 with the Connection charges (excl VAT) will be £4,065 and annual rental (excl VAT) will be £3,100.

  
  


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  EAD Local Access 10000 with the Connection charges (excl VAT) will be £4,065 and annual rental (excl VAT) will be £2,600.

  
  

For more details, please visit https://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/home/updates/briefings/ethernetservicesbriefings/ethernetservicesbriefingsarticles/eth03319.do.