Fact sheet:

Generic Ethernet Access over

Fibre to the Premises
Generic Ethernet Access over Fibre to the Premises (GEA-FTTP) enables you
to offer Superfast Broadband (SFBB) top speeds of 100Mbit/s download and
30 Mbit/s upload, with 300Mbit/s download announced for launch in 2012.

Product benefits
GEA-FTTP helps you Broaden your portfolio Win more business
meet your customers’ Add the fastest possible broadband services Win customers through offering fibre-based
to your product portfolio, offer multiple-play broadband services at significant speeds.
broadband needs for now services and develop new high-bandwidth
and the future. services. Reliability
Cut your maintenance costs and offer a more
Easy installation reliable service to your customers.
Add Openreach’s Managed Install service
and provide hassle free installation of your Future proof
router and your customer’s equipment in a Maintain your competitive edge – no matter what
single appointment with a working internet your customers need in the future you’ll be able
connection before we leave. to meet their needs with fibre-based services.

How it works
CP 1 NGA Hand-Over
In same Node
CP Flexibility point BT building External Network End User
Optical interfaces
Port 1
1 Gbit/s ONT
Fibre Joint

CP 2 Cable 1
Outside link Shared Port 4
BT building Bandwidth
GPON 32/128 way split
OLT
HO Frame

CP 3 Layer 2
ONBS Switch Port 1
Remote different ONT
BT building GPON
32/128 way split 32
OLT Port 4
HO Frame

CP 4 BES 28dB max

Remote non
BT building

Existing
Products

Please note that to use GEA-FTTP CPs will also need to purchase GEA Cablelink at the
relevant exchange.
 Product features
Generic features n Longer term ability to increase line speeds
further as technology improves.
n 100Mbit/s downstream and up to 30Mbit/s
n You’ll get the same high speed no matter
upstream.
how far away from the exchange your
n 300Mbit/s downstream product customers live.
announced for 2012
Security and reliability features
n Always on’ Virtual LAN (VLAN) lit fibre
n Service Management Centre (SMC) able
circuit connection from the exchange
to detect major service outages caused
Optical Line Terminator (OLT) to your
by power failure or spine cable damage
customers Optical Network Termination
and send out engineers to fix the problem
(ONT) in their premises
n SmartWater used on Openreach fibres
n Enables up to two CPs to provide voice
and cables to deter cable thieves.
and data services to each ONT
n All traffic is prioritised and treated as
‘do not drop’

GEA-FTTP facts
n FTTC/P will be available to 66 per cent of the UK in 2014

Available for
All Communication Providers.

For more information on GEA-FTTP visit www.openreach.co.uk

or contact your Openreach Sales and Relationship Manager.

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