The trial was made possible by CityFibre’s recent upgrade of its York network to XGS-PON access technology, due to be rolled out as standard across its network from April 2023.
Working closely with Vodafone, the trial saw selected end-customers in York enjoy symmetrical speeds of up to 2Gbps, twice the speed of the fastest services widely available on CityFibre’s network.
The new services were delivered using the Vodafone Pro II Broadband service and the new Vodafone Ultra Hub and Super WiFi6E Booster bundle.
Earlier this summer, CityFibre successfully upgraded its first city network from G-PON to XGS-PON technology. According to CityFibre, the XGS-PON upgrade radically improves its network performance and service offering, enabling almost ten times the capability of its current G-PON based architecture.
XGS-PON also enables CityFibre to continually upgrade its network while supporting more customers on each OLT port, creating cost savings, optimised power consumption and improved efficiency.
“After a successful trial, we’re a major step closer to bringing multi-gig full fibre services to millions of homes and business across the country,” said Michael Greening, product director at CityFibre.
“But at 2Gbps, we’re barely scratching the surface of our network’s capabilities. Thanks to our XGS-PON upgrade programme, we’ll be able to offer symmetrical speeds of up to 10Gbps in the future, further evidence that not all full fibre networks are created equal.”