Promise of £5bn for rural fibre prompts Openreach to reach for the trench-digging diamond cutter

Trials new tech to hit those difficult-to-reach areas

BT's duct-off broadband arm Openreach is trialling "a range of new tools and techniques" to deploy full-fibre in 13 rural locations - in what it says is a first response to £5bn of promised government funds.…

via The Register - Data Centre: Networks
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