“In a letter of intent with the state of Lower Saxony, we are committed to expanding the fiber optic network to an additional 500,000 households by the end of 2027,” said Pfisterer. The project is therefore planned without government subsidies. Deutsche Glasfaser clearly wants to guarantee full transparency in its projects and make its data available. In return, according to information from the RND, the state government is committed to reducing bureaucracy in approval procedures, lean regulation and fair competition.
The aim should be to accelerate the expansion and make it cheaper, which should then lead to more areas in Lower Saxony being developed without state subsidies. According to Pfisterer, Deutsche Glasfaser has already connected 450,000 households in Lower Saxony. “With the total of 950,000 households, we have reached almost 24 percent of Lower Saxony’s households in four years,” said the manager. His company operates primarily in rural and small-town regions that are underserved by fast data lines.
The topic of approval procedures is particularly concerned with a new laying method that has just been presented by the German Institute for Standardization (DIN). The industry has been vehemently calling for new approaches to civil engineering for some time. The DIN standard 18220 is now intended to make laying cables significantly cheaper and faster compared to the classic “open trench construction” method. There is no longer any need for excavation and the lines need to be buried at a shallower depth in the ground.
Such procedures have been around for a long time, but skepticism in town halls and also among construction companies has so far been very high.
2023-09-12 22:54:32
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