Open Fiber's long race to wire Italy with the FTTH fiber optic network reaches a new destination: Como. The company has indeed communicated:
“The infrastructure FTTH (Fiber To The Home, fiber to the house) of Open Fiber is also available in Como, a tourist center of international interest and a famous silk industrial centre. I am indeed 8500 real estate units of the city who can already take advantage of the innovative services that exploit the high speed and low latency of the new ultra-fast connectivity. citizens of Como they can then contact one of Open Fiber's partner operators and start surfing the web, with a connection that will allow them to reach a connection speed of up to 1 gigabit per second".
Source: Open Fiber press release of 9 March 2021
The update on Como indicates that the districts of have already been covered Villages, Garzola and Como east, while work has begun on the roofing of Como Center and Como West. They will be wired altogether over 28 homes and offices of the city. The investment of the company led by Elisabetta Ripa is approx 10 million euro, aimed at laying an ultra-broadband network of over 150 kilometers, of which approximately 40% created through the reuse of existing infrastructures and conduits, above all underground, with the aim of limiting the inconvenience to traffic and citizens as much as possible.
"L 'FTTH that we are creating enables all the innovative services available on the market – he explains Anthony Church, Regional Manager of Open Fiber – and will improve the lives of citizens of Como, who will be able to use a very high-performance fiber optic connection that cannot be achieved with current copper or mixed fiber-copper networks. The new infrastructure – he explains Anthony Church, Regional Manager of Open Fiber – enables all the services available on the market and is particularly useful for smart working and remote teaching", two sectors that the Covid emergency has made indispensable.
Open Fiber, as is known, does not offer the services directly but makes the network available to telephone operators. The main Open Fiber partner operators, together with local Internet service providers - specifies the company - they are already marketing services on the network created in the city: if citizens want to request activation, it is therefore necessary to check on the site www.openfiber.it street number coverage, choose the preferred rate plan and contact one of the operators present to then start surfing at high speed.
