Openreach pulls a G.fast one with Huawei and Nokia

UK fixed-line alpha BT has announced it will be buying a bunch of shiny G.fast kit from Huawei and Nokia to help with its ‘ultrafast’ broadband rollout.
The plan is to bring G.fast copper-on-steroids connectivity, and with it speeds of up to 330 Mbps, to 10 million premises by the end of 2020. The first places to get this broadband boost will be parts of Gillingham and Cherry Hinton later this year.
“Openreach is pioneering G.fast technology because we want to get affordable ul