COMMUNICA | Issue Four
Also we have recently made advances to open a
specialist ‘Alt-Net’ division to work with and advise
growing/start-up ISPs of the best way commercially
to realise the delivery of FTTP as a result of this
market boom.
CM: In terms of physically deploying new fibre
optic broadband networks, over the past few
years what advances on the civil engineering
side have helped the most with related roll-outs?
MH: John Henry Group has developed a narrow
trenching solution which has provided significant
savings on a civils infrastructure build in a
bituminous (asphalt) pavement. The technique was
developed in Cambridge at our head office. Because
of the speed of the build, from a PR perspective,
it reduces the disruption of street works on people
and businesses in the area in which we are building
the network. The environmental impact is also much
lower due to material reduction on the trench backfill
and the reduced vehicle movements associated
during the construction process.
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Effectively, it means John Henry Group offers
ISPs the fastest, most cost-effective compliant
network build solution in the market. Alternatively,
advancements in micro trenching look promising.
If we look abroad, we see the use of alternative
techniques and plant/machinery which would
help with the roll-outs, achieving both significant
commercial return and a quicker construction
solution and we are actively engaged with many new
equipment manufacturers and partner companies
abroad to explore these latest technologies.
These methods such as micro trenching and
alternative reinstatement materials are yet to be fully
deployed in the UK, and legislation may not allow,
but there is no doubt they would help the roll out of
future and next gen networks.
“Geo-sight allows us to prove that
we have left our site compliant, so
that we can combat any controversial
FPNs”