TINFOIL - Trenchless Installation Fibre Optic Cable

TINFOIL - 非开挖安装光缆

• 批准号: 79129
• 金额: $ 18.25万
• 依托单位: FAST2FIBRE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=79129
• 关键词: TINFOIL; Trenchless; Installation; Fibre; Optic

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of digital inclusion, and households and indirectly businesses, have become even more dependent on broadband connectivity. Data traffic has risen quickly and whilst it's assumed that data usage will fade away as lockdown restrictions ease; however, businesses having seen that employees can work effectively from home are reviewing the potential to reduce their office estate and property overheads. Fibre to the Premises (FTTP)enables superfast \>30<300Mb and ultrafast \>300Mb connection and enables equality, diversity and inclusion as people can access information, government services, work remotely, order product, food and services all from home quickly and reliably. Working from home and the reduction in commuting can deliver environmental benefits especially emissions from cars and videoconferencing is shown to take at most 6.7% of the energy/carbon of a face to face meeting.FTTP is generally installed by slit trenching using a machine in rural areas or labour-intensive digging in urban centres. There are trenchless installation methods such as moleing; however, the impulse driven "mole" will penetrate and damage drains and building foundations. Slit trenching, damages tree roots, any unidentified buried utilities and requires road closures, permissions to dig and wayleaves which can delay installation by 1-2 years. Fast2Fibre is a leader in no-dig or trenchless fibre optic cable installation and proposes to commercialise the development of a new no-dig process it has invented which if successful will accelerate the installation of fibre optic broadband to the premises. Success also means that more users will receive the benefits of faster broadband promoting inclusivity and diversity and greater access to services and ability to work from home.

2019冠状病毒病大流行凸显了数字包容的重要性，家庭和间接企业更加依赖宽带连接。数据流量迅速增长，虽然人们认为随着封锁限制的放松，数据使用量将逐渐减少；然而，企业已经看到员工可以在家里有效地工作，正在考虑减少办公室房地产和物业管理费用的可能性。光纤到户（FTTP）实现了超高速<300Mb和超高速300Mb连接，并实现了平等、多样性和包容性，因为人们可以在家中快速可靠地访问信息、政府服务、远程工作、订购产品、食品和服务。在家办公和减少通勤可以带来环境效益，尤其是汽车排放，视频会议的能源/碳排放量最多只相当于面对面会议的6.7%。FTTP通常是在农村地区用机器挖沟，或在城市中心用劳力密集的挖掘来安装。有打桩等非开挖安装方法；然而，脉冲驱动的“鼹鼠”会穿透并破坏排水管和建筑基础。开沟，破坏树根，任何未被识别的掩埋设施，需要封路，允许挖掘和让路，这可能会延迟安装1-2年。Fast2Fibre是无挖或非开挖光纤电缆安装的领导者，并提议将其发明的一种新的无挖工艺的开发商业化，如果成功，将加速光纤宽带的安装到房屋。成功还意味着更多用户将受益于更快的宽带，从而促进包容性和多样性，获得更多服务和在家工作的能力。