Fiber optics : the deployment will take the delay – Clubic

The project to connect every home with an Internet very high speed, which was in the pipeline since 2006, has been officially launched in 2010 and was to be completed in 2022. This period will not be finally taken, announces that the Court of auditors.

The very high-speed for all will not see the day

For the whole of the French territory to be connected by very high speed, it will have to wait and not 2022, but probably 2030. The Court of auditors considers that the project is not feasible within the time originally planned, due to lack of investment on the part of telecom operators.

in the Face of this finding, the Court of Accounts proposes to review the objectives of connecting to the downside. The Sages call upon public authorities to explore the ” the alternative technologies to the optical fiber up to the subscriber “. In other words : replace the fiber on a part of the territory by other technologies of data transmission, less expensive. A high minimum flow rate should also be fixed, so that every home can have high-speed Internet access, even if it will not ultimately high-speed broadband for all.

France, the red lantern in terms of very high speed

The investment is clearly insufficient granted so far by the operators to this cause, despite the principle of co-financing listed in the law, are a major problem. The State and the town councils were almost the only ones to have participated in this effort, which is expected to shut down in 2022, estimated end date of this program. And even if the operators wake up, beyond 2022, the State and the town councils have already exhausted their respective budgets that were dedicated to the implementation of this plan. It will then be very difficult to undertake the work, what they are, on the territory of the municipalities.

Another obstacle : the cost of connection to the end, up to the customer. The Court of auditors notes that it is very uneven depending on the municipality and the town councils that have chosen to dip into their budget to fund it are precisely those where this cost, which is usually the responsibility of the operators, is particularly high.

today, only 15 % of French households have high-speed broadband. Out of the 28 countries of the european Union, France occupies the 24th place to the accessibility of this technology.

Amended the 01/02/2017 at 10h36