Münster starts free fiber optic connection for apartment buildings!

Münster starts free fiber optic connection for apartment buildings!

The Münster municipal utilities today gave the starting signal for a comprehensive full fiber optic expansion in apartment buildings. This pioneering project aims to provide free fiber optic connection to all residential and commercial units within apartment buildings. To benefit from this offer, owners simply need to complete one product booking and one land and building usage agreement (GGNV) per building, like stadtwerke-muenster.de reported.

The offer is also designed in such a way that it applies to other residential units from various providers such as Stadtwerke, Telekom, Telefónica and 1&1, even without a product contract. This not only aims to significantly improve internet speed and stability for users, but also offers the opportunity to increase the value of the real estate. This initiative is intended to significantly advance digital development in Münster.

Details on the implementation of the house connection

The technical implementation stipulates that the subscriber connection completely terminates the fiber optic connection. In the case of single-family homes, this connection is installed within three meters of the fiber optic termination point. The house cabling plays a crucial role here, as it connects the fiber optic termination point to the subscriber connection via a fiber optic cable.

Stadtwerke Münster offers the installation of the cable route up to the house entrance and up to three meters at no additional cost to the owners. The possibility of extending the house cabling can also be taken into account: If owners build a suitable cable route at their own expense, the subscriber connection can be installed in a different position. However, the total length of the house wiring must not exceed 20 meters glasfarben-muenster.de explained.

Important information about cabling

The municipal utilities use existing, suitable cable routes, such as cable ducts or empty pipes, to make the installation as efficient as possible. However, old telephone lines or coaxial cables can no longer be used and will not be dismantled. If there is already fiber optic cabling in the property, this can be used for the new connection, saving additional work and costs.

Overall, the project by Stadtwerke Münster shows how important the expansion of the digital infrastructure is for the future of the city. The full fiber optic expansion not only improves internet quality, but also represents a significant step towards digitalization and technological progress.