TINFOIL - Trenchless Installation Fibre Optic Cable

2019冠状病毒病疫情凸显了数字包容的重要性，家庭和间接企业变得更加依赖宽带连接。数据流量迅速增长，虽然人们认为随着封锁限制的放松，数据使用将逐渐消失;但是，看到员工可以在家有效工作的企业正在审查减少办公室资产和财产管理费用的潜力。光纤到户（FTTP）可实现超快\>30<300 Mb和超快\> 300 Mb连接，并实现平等、多样性和包容性，因为人们可以快速可靠地从家中访问信息、政府服务、远程工作、订购产品、食品和服务。在家工作和减少通勤可以带来环境效益，特别是汽车和视频会议的排放量最多仅为面对面会议的6.7%。FTTP通常在农村地区通过使用机器进行开槽或在城市中心进行劳动密集型挖掘来安装。有非开挖安装方法，如鼹鼠;然而，脉冲驱动的“鼹鼠”将穿透并损坏排水沟和建筑物基础。开槽，损坏树根，任何未识别的埋地设施，需要关闭道路，允许挖掘和道路通行，这可能会延迟安装1-2年。Fast 2Fibre是非开挖或非开挖光纤电缆安装的领导者，并建议将其发明的新非开挖工艺的开发商业化，如果成功，将加速光纤宽带的安装。成功还意味着更多的用户将受益于更快的宽带，促进包容性和多样性，以及更多地获得服务和在家工作的能力。

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.