Thank you for your feedback on the 100Gbps UFB Handover connection consultation in July. You’ve told us you would like the 100Gbps UFB single port to go live as soon as possible whilst waiting for the geo-diversity handover connection to develop.

We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be launching the 100Gbps UFB non-diverse/single port handover connection on 5th October 2020, along with re-introducing the existing 100Gbps UFB active and standby port card diverse handover connections at a new price point.   

What’s happening

Chorus currently offers a 100Gbps UFB handover connection as a trial product in two product variants:

• 1+1 active and standby ports support 31,900 services, priced at $5,146 per month
• 2+2 active and standby ports support 63,800 services, priced at $10,292 per month

The new 100Gbps UFB handover connection product family from 5 October is:

• 1+0 active and standby port supports 31,900 services, priced at $1,800 per month
• 2+0 active and standby ports support 63,800 services, priced at $3,600 per month
• 1+1 active and standby ports support 31,900 services, priced at $3,750 per month
• 2+2 active and standby ports support 63,800 services, priced at $7,500 per month

To order a 100Gbps single port handover connection, please follow the existing bundle service order process in  Wireline. You can also upgrade a 10Gbps port to a 100Gbps port by following the UFB Handover Connection Grooming process (subject to port availability).

Although our fault analysis shows that the resilience risk of having a single port for 10Gbps handovers is minimal, please be mindful that a significant number of services would be impacted by a fault to 100Gbps handovers with a single port. The fault restoration time and SLA of the 100Gbps will be the same as the 10Gbps.

100Gbps UFB Handover Connection is a commercial product, but the service level is supported by the UFB Services Agreement. Please see the 100Gbps Handover Service Description here. 

Next steps & contact

For any queries please get in touch with your Account Team.