Cablelink Service Connect

06 Mar 2025

Cablelink Service Connect

Cablelink Service Connect is an ancillary product allowing connecting between a CP licensed facility within an exchange to the next generation access (NGA) optical line termination (OLT) point in an exchange, ready for EAD2.0.

How it works

The product consists of two parts:

    1)  A “Core” cable.  This is a multiple fibre cable connecting a CP licensed facility to an Openreach owned aggregation point (known as the “Cablelink ODF”)

    2)  Activated Fibre Pair(s). These are the active elements that create connectivity from a CP licensed facility to a port on the NGA headend 

We offer the following options for the Core Cable:

  • 12 Fibres – supporting up to 6 Activated Fibre Pairs

  • 24 Fibres – supporting up to 12 Activated Fibre Pairs

  • 48 Fibres – supporting up to 24 Activated Fibre Pairs 

We offer the following fibre pair configuration for each activated fibre pair:

  • Support for EAD2.0 services

  • Maximum of 10G traffic capacity

  • Choice of Ether Type 

We offer different termination options for the “Core” Cable:

  • Cable coiled above/next to the CP licenced facility

  • Spliced into Optional Optical Patching Shelf

Benefits

  • Let’s you connect your licenced facility to multiple headends within the same exchange.
  • Enables access to the EAD2.0 portfolio.
  • Fast deployment to activate additional fibre pairs when additional capacity is required.

 

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