When it comes to broadband and the traditional landline there have been lots of transformations.
SoGEA is a new-generation broadband connection that can assist you in moving towards a future full of innovative digital technologies. With the SoGEA broadband service, you will receive all the essentials necessary to connect your business to the internet.
SoGEA or Single Order Generic Ethernet Access is another broadband service that is similar to that of FTTC in that it offers the same broadband speeds and data levels involving fibre to the cabinet but which entirely leaves out the question of phone line installation which is often a requirement for an additional broadband line.
SoGEA is an effective way of getting broadband without having to be pressured into having another unwanted phone line. SoGEA broadband can offer up to 80Mbs and with the help of a VoIP service like Horizon or PhoneLine+ it can supply both phone and broadband to your premises and enable you to transfer your existing business phone number and broadband service in one with SoGEA. In this blog, we will discuss everything about SoGEA.
What is SoGEA?
The abbreviation of SoGEA is Single Order Generic Ethernet Access. Single Order Generic Ethernet Access (or SoGEA as in brief) is a mechanism to order a broadband service. This means that there is no need for one to have an analog phone line fitted and then top it up with an ADSL broadband or fibre broadband service.
Unlike VoIP, you may order a SoGEA service but not get a voice line; however, in that case, you will need an overlaying application.
How does a SoGEA connection work?
This form of connection known as SoGEA employs part-fibre technology that is ordinarily used across the fibre network. Fibre optic cables transmit signals to your street cabinet and then copper cables transfer this signal to your home but it’s all without the need for a phone line. However, instead of connecting through a cable, it simply connects directly to your master socket. That is just a simple summary of how it all comes out as is illustrated in our diagram below.
Benefits of SoGEA
- Cost-effective and Reliable
- One supplier and one commercial contact
- Future-proof
Features of SoGEA
- A line, no PSTN line
- SoGEA broadband is fast and reliable.
- Set yourself up for success and get the SoGEA line working quickly.
Is SoGEA the same as Full Fibre broadband?
Fibre is a broadband-only package, so it can be installed without necessarily involving a phone line service. It is easy, pragmatic, and provides just what is essentially required to remain connected. The best thing gets even better with Plusnet Fibre and the decision has been made for you. There’s no confusion with one package that delivers your top speed at one set cost. Well, there can be no doubt about it, they are easygoing and so it is really easy to make the choice.
Similar to the previously mentioned Full Fibre Incumbent, Full Fibre is also broadband only, there is no need for it to provide or even include the phone line service. The main difference therefore is that Full Fibre incorporates the use of 100% fibre cables that go directly to your house. If no copper cables are needed in your city, why are you waiting?
Full Fibre broadband is such a relatively new technology, that it is not yet accessible throughout all parts of the country. If you can’t get it, the good news is – that every time you sign up for a Fibre package: you can easily move up to Full Fibre when it comes to the region.
How is it different from SoGEA?
G-Series Fast Access to Subscriber Terminals abbreviated as GFast, is an enhanced broadband that is more advanced than FTTC broadband and offers up to four times faster speed than FTTC broadband. While FTTP requires the installation of novel networks, Gfast uses already-existent wires from FTTC technology, like copper. However, a device is plugged into the fibre cabinet to amplify the data transfer rates through the copper cables.
The Erasure Algorithm modification of SoGEA is called SoGFast, which is the GFast-specific algorithm. By using the existing FTTC service, SoGFast enables users to gain a maximum bandwidth of 330Mbps without having to burden it with an analogue telephone service offered by BT.
Before GFast, the only option for customers to achieve these speeds was through obtaining an FTTP connection, which is still being implemented across the country and as such, is not a possibility for everyone.
Benefits of SoGEA for business activities
Establishments that are still using traditional systems of communication such as; landlines, lift phones, dial-in modems, fax lines and alarm lines will have to upgrade to a modern digitized version before 2025 for the devices to continue to receive the connection.
More precisely, VOIP telephony is a great modern IP type that acts as a replacement for ordinary landlines and many companies are already aware of the advantages; such as cost savings, team collaboration enhancements, the opportunity to grow and work effectively and at the same time effortlessly across the different sites.
This can also be used to improve the longevity of other analogue legacy systems like tannoys, door entry systems and faxes via SIP trunking.
SIP trunking is one that we provide to our clients, this implies bringing all your PSTN services under a single digital SIP trunking that will provide a central point of visibility for all the on-premise devices.
Final Words:
In conclusion, SoGEA remains a significant development in internet connectivity and offers various advantages to the business sectors. It has a simple, proclaim design which makes it affordable and highly reliable, providing new connectivity solutions. Using SoGEA as a backbone and knowing how it works can thus help businesses improve their processes and become leaders in the technological sector in today’s world which is currently turning into a digital one. The value that SoGEA brings to businesses is the ability to go beyond the current need for connectivity to easily meet the modern requirements for growth, efficiency, and competitiveness in the digital service industry.
FAQs
Yes, SOGEA is in the process of supporting the PSTN switch-off, and it is much cheaper than a broadband and phone line package.
WLR is the abbreviation for ‘Wholesale Line Rental’. SOGEA is a stand-alone replacement product for WLR to facilitate PSTN shut down for the United Kingdom
SOGEA Connections does not have any compatibility with any of the analogue phone numbers. However, if you’re willing to switch your service provider entirely, then you may require a brand-new digital telephony service.
FTTC needs another analogue line that is not available with SOGEA since it is in one order and does not involve a wired telephone line.
SoGEA is nearly as reliable as FTTC although as it is Single Order service the problem solving is quicker. In the past when an FTTC unbearnte was offered the problem could be the PSTN lines that broadband is associated with and an individual fault would have to be reported for each before it can be fixed leading to longer fix times. With SoGEA on the other hand, only one fault has to be reported to your service provider.
FTTC and SoGEA offer the same internet speeds since they largely employ the same infrastructure to offer internet speeds of up to 80Mbs downloads and 20Mbs uploads based on the distance from the local telephone street cabinet.
SoGEA is a broadband service delivery that depends on the Fibre to the Curb technology. Also, it can be used as a dial-up technology for a small business based on the broadband router, which sends its login data to the ISP, including the username and password. It is also available as a non-dial-up that is disconnected from your ISP as a routable connection. Both options will be terminated from your router to your Local area network as an Ethernet connection.
SoGEA generally applies to a replacement FTTC service where the DIY line portion of the broadband connection is Fibre from the exchange to the telephone street cabinet. The last part from the street cabinet to the customer location is copper.
