Like its competitors, SFR has been committed to installing fiber to the home (FTTH) for several years. However, the access provider has one particularity compared to its rivals: the acquisition of Numericable in 2014 gave it the keys to its fiber network with coaxial termination (FTTB for "fiber to the building"). In other words, the fiber connects the building, then a coaxial cable distributes the internet to the customer.
Thousands of subscribers concerned
This solution inherited from Numericable has had its day, and SFR has undertaken to switch FTTB customers to FTTH. Several customers received an email announcing the bad news: “We inform you that the restructuring of this network requires us to cease its operation on December 31, 2025,” explains the email sent to @adriend. And without action on the part of the subscriber, the subscription will be terminated on this date.
FTTB subscribers are eligible for FTTH fiber, and they are obviously strongly encouraged to switch to this technology, which is more reliable and efficient than coaxial fiber — which is no less impressive, it can offer a speed of up to 1Gb/s for downloading and 100Mb/s for uploading. FTTB customers can obviously choose an SFR or RED by SFR offer, but nothing prevents them from preferring a competitor's offer.
As @adriend points out, there are still some outstanding questions, such as the availability of bridge mode, which disables the routing functions of a modem-router (NAT, DHCP, Wi-Fi) to transform it into a simple modem, which allows a third-party router to fully manage the network. Or even fullstack IPv4, to have a complete public IPv4 address, without sharing with other users.
Source: UniversFreebox
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