SoGEA Broadband

Q6IT SoGEA Broadband Service

Cost Effective and simpler business broadband service & provisioning with Q6IT SoGEA

What is SoGEA Broadband?

SoGEA stands for Single Order Generic Ethernet Access. This is a Broadband Data Service that does not require an additional phone line. Traditional phone line installation is not needed with Q6IT SoGEA so no unnecessary expenses.

SoGEA delivers the same performance and data rates as FTTC broadband. It uses the same infrastructure and has the same geographic availability, future-proofing connectivity as the UK moves to an all-IP network.

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Reasons to choose Q6IT SoGEA

Cut Costs

Because you are only paying for a broadband data connection, your monthly costs will be lower as the phoneline rental cost is no longer required.

Single Point of Contact

With Q6IT SoGEA everything is one point of contact. No Arguing who is responsible. We are!

Reliable

Q6IT SoGEA is using an established network without the addition of a phone line so the chance of crosstalk or an unstable connection is lower.

Perfect for Backup broadband

Q6IT SoGEA is great for home working and can also be used to supplement your main office broadband, as a failover or load balancing service.

Future- Proof

The PSTN network will be switched off by the end of 2025.
Move to SoGEA now to ensure you future connectivity.

SoGEA stands for Single Order Generic Ethernet Access.

Until now you needed to have a traditional phone line installed to deliver broadband to a home or office, but SoGEA broadband doesn’t run over a phone line; instead, it uses the same fibre/copper network without the WLR (Wholesale Line Rental = Phone line) element.

SoGEA is offered at the same data rates as FTTC broadband. It delivers the same performance and has the same geographic availability. The only difference is the need for a phone line has been removed.

SoGEA is a dedicated line that delivers a broadband connection and includes an underlying version of a phone line. This means that customers moving to SoGEA from a phoneline-reliant broadband solution will need a voice call service that uses VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) to continue to be able to make and receive phone calls.

In 2017, British Telecom announced their intention to switch off the existing telephone network completely, having migrated all services to the newer and more efficient fibre broadband network. Therefore, come December 2025 the entire UK Wholesale Line Rental network will cease to exist.

However, it would be a mistake to think about waiting until nearer the 2025 deadline, as the migration of services is happening today and will pick up pace from June 2021 when notice is served on more than a hundred phone exchanges across the country.

Q6IT SoGEA provides an effective solution today by using the existing fibre/copper network, making it available to more than 90% of premises across the United Kingdom.

In December 2025, the UK PSTN circuits will be shut off completely. This is a major step towards the United Kingdom’s mass IP-network migration, with VoIP core networks set to replace all the legacy PSTN services.

All existing PSTN/ISDN customers need to migrate away from their PSTN/ISDN solution, many in the next 12-24 months as Openreach continue to service notice on exchanges across the country. And there are around 3 million B2B PSTN and ISDN fixed lines that must be migrated by 2025, so plenty of new business to be won.

SoGEA provides a broadband solution using the existing fibre/copper network, where fibre to the premises (FTTP) is not yet available.