Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation (NTT East) will extend the acceptance period for various discounts for the transition from ADSL / ISDN to "FLET'S Hikari" and for changing the wiring type of apartment buildings until January 31, 2022. These discounts have been available since December 2017, and the application period may be extended in the future.
Transition from ADSL / ISDN to "FLET'S Hikari", initial construction cost free
If the subscribers of "FLET'S ADSL", "FLET'S ISDN", "INS Net 64" and "ISN Net 1500" switch to "FLET'S Hikari", the initial construction cost will be free. Applications are accepted by January 31, 2022 and are open by January 31, 2023.
For single-family homes, "FLET'S Hikari Cloth" and "FLET'S Hikari Next" "Family Type" "Family High Speed Type" "Giga Family Smart Type" "Family Giga Line Type" "Business Type" "Prio 10" "Prio" If you switch to "1", "FLET'S Hikari Light" "Family Type", or "FLET'S Hikari Light Plus", the construction cost of 19,800 yen will usually be free.
For apartments, if you switch to "FLET'S Hikari Next" "Condominium type", "Condominium high speed type", "Giga Mansion smart type", and "Condominium Gigaline type", the construction cost of 16,500 yen will be free. Become.
The end of ADSL / ISDN is approaching
It is thought that the reason why the initial construction cost for these migrations is free is that the ADSL / ISDN service is about to end and the migration will be promoted.
The service of "FLET'S ADSL" has been decided to end on January 31, 2023, so there is only a little more than a year left. ISDN's data communication service "INS Net Digital Communication Mode" is scheduled to end in January 2024. "FLET'S ISDN" has not been decided when it will end, but with the exception of some areas, new contracts have already ended at the end of November 2018.
Free type change construction cost for "FLET'S Hikari" for apartments
In addition, the "type change construction cost" for changing the wiring method in the apartment house will be free. If the service before the change is "Fletz Hikari Next" "Mansion type (VDSL method / LAN wiring method)", "Mansion type (optical wiring method)" "Mansion high speed type" "Mansion gigaline type" " This applies when the type is changed to "Giga Mansion Smart Type". Applications are accepted by January 31, 2022, and if the service is opened by July 31, 2022, the type change construction fee will be free.
Difference in line speed between single-family homes and apartments
"FLET'S Hikari" has the problem that there is a difference in line speed between single-family homes and multi-family homes. "FLET'S Hikari Cloth" with a maximum of 1 Gbps for single-family homes and a maximum of 10 Gbps is also available in some areas. However, each household in an apartment is often connected by VDSL / LAN wiring method, in which case the maximum is 100 Mbps. Therefore, if the wiring of the apartment house is switched from the VDSL / LAN wiring method to the optical wiring method, it will be improved to the same maximum of 1 Gbps as for the detached house.
Wiring image of an apartment house. Left: Wiring is done to each house using VDSL. Right: Image of changing wiring to optical line. The optical cable drawn from the utility pole is branched by an optical splitter and connected to each house.As a result, full opticalization will be realized even in apartment houses, and the maximum speed will be 1 Gbps.In addition, this type change work is premised on the fact that piping for optical wiring is installed on the building side of the apartment house (for details, see the related article "VDSL wiring in the condominium" dated July 10, 2020. Free type change work for optical wiring-NTT East Japan "Fletz Hikari Next" for "All Hikari" for condominiums ").