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Cities map eligible for optical fiber
The points representing addresses and/or buildings are positioned according to the contact details indicated by operators in their reference files (so -called “IPE” files), except when several records of these files share exactly the same contact details: the points are then distributed over a circle around the original coordinate, to facilitate their visualization.
Fiber cover card
This view makes it possible to visualize the deployment projects of fiber optic and a provisional calendar. It is updated once or twice a year independently of the other cards on this site. The last update (November 2021) presents forecast data collected during the year 2021. It does not systematically take any calendar delays linked to the consequences of the COVVI-19. The information contained in this view is displayed in the state of the data transmitted by project leaders: – Data transmitted to the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion in charge of management and the implementation of the deployment of the very High speed (PFTHD), for carriers of public initiative networks supported within the framework of this plan; – Data transmitted to ARCEP and retracing their commitments for private initiative networks and operators present in the Amel areas (call for demonstration of local commitments). Warning: Information on the areas on which fiber networks has already been deployed is not always taken up in this view of deployment forecasts, in particular in the territories where provisional deployments are displayed at the technical stitch and not to the municipality. This information will be added soon. The complete state of current deployments is in any event available in other views of the Cartefiber site.
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September 07, 2023 Next update on December 07, 2023 for T3 2023 The ZAPM layers of the T1 and T2 2023 will be updated soon to display the ZAPM layers, it may be necessary to zoom once on the card to see it displayed the layer forecasting is deactivated, a new collection will be carried out
Find on the Arcep website the calendar for the next updates. And register for our broadcast list to be informed of all updates. You have encountered a problem with your networks: alert arcep. The map of fiber deployments (FTTH) allows you to view the coverage of municipalities in FTTH networks. In one click in a municipality, you can access the detailed coverage information for the municipality targeted. Lorque The map is zoomed at the neighborhood level, the addresses listed by the various infrastructure operators are displayed, represented by a pastille, whose color varies according to the state of deployment of the deployment.
This information at the address is only available from T2 2018. “Advanced mode” allows access to more detailed information. The “Navigation” tab provides access to the cards of ultramarine territories. The “Information” tab provides more detailed explanations.
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Infrastructure operators
Another private operator
Public initiative
Intentions of deployments formulated by
one or more private operators
–> Connectable on request ->
–> During deployment ->
Infrastructure operators
Very dense areas – high density
Altice France – SFR Telecom
Other private operator
Public initiative
Recordable premises
Recordable premises
Infrastructure operators
Another private operator
Public initiative
Intentions of deployments formulated by
one or more private operators
Recordable premises
Infrastructure operators
Very dense areas – high density
Altice France – SFR Telecom
Other private operator
Public initiative
High density pockets of very dense areas
Low density pockets of very dense areas
High density pockets of very dense areas
Low density pockets of very dense areas
Work in progress or completed
Start of work in 2022
Start of work in 2023
Start of work in 2024 or later
Information under collection
The typical work duration is 12 to 18 months
Infrastructure operators
Other private operator
Public initiative
–> Connectable on request
–> Programmed and agreed L. 33-6
–> During deployment
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Information
This card is published by ARCEP in order to improve information from the general public and professionals on deployments of fiber optic networks to the subscriber. Established both in the mesh of the municipality and at the technical mesh (generally infracommunal), it is part of the Observatory of the High and the very high speed fixed put in place by the authority and is accompanied by the publication of the data underlying in open data.
Premises connected to the FTTH network
The premises connected to the FTTH network correspond to the dwellings or premises for professional use connectable to a very high speed fiber optic communications network through a pooling point. The operators transmit detailed data to the ARCEP on their deployment of fiber optic networks. The authority then aggregates the data obtained using the geographic codes of INSEE to obtain a commune by municipality an absolute number of premises connected to the FTTH network.
FTTH coverage rate
- Métropole and Drom (excluding Mayotte): housing (2015 vintage) and non -zero known workforce (2015 vintage);
- Mayotte: housing (2012 vintage);
- Com: housing (vintage 2015).
The advanced mode offers four additional views:
- a view of the departments which makes it possible to view the FTTH coverage rate by department;
- an advanced view of the municipalities which allows additional information on operators deploying the networks and their deployment intentions;
- a view by rear area of mutualization point (ZAPM) which makes it possible to visualize the FTTH infrastructure to this technical stitch;
- A view of the regulatory areas of the FTTH which makes it possible to identify the municipalities of the very dense areas, by distinguishing the pockets of low density from the rest of the very dense areas.
Advanced view of the municipalities
This view makes it possible to visualize all the municipalities that have been the subject of commitments under article L. 33-13 of the CPCE or deployment intentions from private operators. The edges of colors drawn around the municipalities allow us to appear:
- The presence of a single operator deploying the network for the municipality, distinguishing the two operators having subscribed to commitments under article L. 33-13 (Orange and SFR), and in other cases if the operator is private or not;
- The case where at least two different operators deploy and/or have taken out commitments;
- The case where a town has no catch but at least one private operator has expressed its intention to deploy fiber.
As a reminder, article L. 33-13 stipulates that:
“The Minister responsible for electronic communications can accept, after the opinion of the regulatory authority for electronic communications and posts, the commitments, subscribed to him by the operators, likely to contribute to the development and coverage of zones little dense from the territory by electronic communications networks and to promote the access of operators to these networks.
The regulatory authority for electronic communications and positions in control and sanctions the breaches noted under the conditions provided for in article L. 36-11. »»
Orange has undertaken to make 92 % of the premises of the municipalities concerned by the end of 2020, by ensuring that the remaining 8 % is at least connectable on request on this date. He has also committed 100 % of the premises to be connected by the end of 2022.
SFR has undertaken to make 92 % of the premises of the municipalities concerned by the end of 2020, by ensuring that the remaining 8 % is at least connectable on request on this date.
View of the rear areas of the pooling points
In less dense areas and in the low density pockets of very dense areas, the pooling point (PM) is the point where an operator deploying the FTTH network on a given territory gives access to its network to other operators so that these it can offer offers to their customers. The territory of the territory is called rear area (ZAPM) whose premises are intended to be served by the network located downstream of a given pooling point.
Thus, this view makes it possible to visualize the FTTH ZAPM coverage rate by ZAPM, within:
- low density pockets of very dense areas;
- less dense areas.
As an exception, in the high density pockets of very dense areas, access to the networks is done at the foot of the building, generally inside buildings. For the sake of legibility, in these areas the view of “ZAPM” also offers an intermediate level of reading in infra-communal areas: the FTTH coverage rate is thus displayed there in the mesh of “IRIS” islets defined by INSEE.
In this view, the ZAPMs are displayed when the associated PM has been made available to third -party operators. If no room downstream of the PM cannot be connected (coverage rate at 0%), the zapm outline is drawn in dotted lines. Please note, some ZAPM may not be displayed if the operators concerned have not sent the data corresponding to ARCEP.
A menu allows you to select the displayed infrastructure operators. Please note, in the event of recovery, the coverage rates concern only a given zapm. They cannot be composed between bunk zapm.
Display of the availability of the FTTH network at the address
Lorque The map is zoomed at the neighborhood level, the addresses listed by the various infrastructure operators are displayed, represented by a pastille, whose color varies according to the state of deployment of the deployment.
This information at the address is only available from T2 2018.
There are visually of five categories:
Studies carried out: address listed during picking up by the operator deploying the FTTH network. Programmed: address whose mutualisation point (PM) has been made available to third -party commercial operators. Connection on request: programmed address, whose optical continuity between PM and optical connection point (PBO) will only be carried out in the event of a request for a commercial operator (and this within at most six months from the request). During the deployment: programmed address, whose construction work on the PM-PBO segment is underway and/or has been the subject of a building agreement under article L. 33-6 of the CPCE. Deployed: connectable address: there is optical continuity between PM and PBO, and the connection of the premises can be ordered by the future subscriber.
More precise information about the state of the deployment address by address (status of the building and status of the PM) is present in the info-bubble associated with each address, according to the terminology defined by the Interop’Fibre group:
- State of the building: targeted: means that the address is in the rear area of a deployed PM or being deployed or having been the subject of a consultation; Connectable on request: (regulatory concept of connectable on demand) means that the installation of the PBO can be made at the request of an OC and according to the specific conditions defined by the OI in its contract; Signed: means that an agreement (L. 33-6) was signed with the address manager; During deployment: means that the address is being deployed, without a precise definition of this term having been shared in interop; Deployed: means that the address is technically connectable in fiber, that the PB is posed and that the address is made available to commercial operators. This state corresponds to a “connectable” state within the meaning of the regulations; Abandoned: means that the marketing of the address is canceled by the building operator, whatever the reason;
- State of pooling point (PM):
- Planned: the prior consultation affecting has been published;
- Deployment: the PM is being installed;
- Deployed: the PM is installed in the field and was made available to operators who bought the PM.
The points representing addresses and/or buildings are positioned according to the contact details indicated by operators in their reference files (so -called “IPE” files), except when several records of these files share exactly the same contact details: the points are then distributed over a circle around the original coordinate, to facilitate their visualization.
Provisional view of fiber deployments
This view makes it possible to visualize the deployment projects of fiber optic and a provisional calendar. It is updated once or twice a year independently of the other cards on this site.
The last update (January 2021) presents forecast data collected during the year 2020. It does not systematically take any calendar delays linked to the consequences of the COVVI-19. The information contained in this view is displayed in the state of the data transmitted by project leaders:
– Data transmitted to the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion in charge of piloting and implementing the deployment of the very high speed France plan (PFTHD), for carriers of public initiative networks supported within the framework of this plan ;
– Data transmitted to ARCEP and retracing their commitments for carriers of private initiative networks and operators present in the Amel areas (call for demonstration of local commitments).
Warning: Information on the areas on which fiber networks has already been deployed is not always taken up in this view of deployment forecasts, in particular in the territories where provisional deployments are displayed at the technical stitch and not to the municipality. This information will be added soon. The complete state of current deployments is in any event available in other views of the Cartefiber site.
Data from the declarations of operators on December 31, 2018 .
The number of connectable premises is an estimate calculated to the municipality by aggregation of all the connectable premises of the PM in the municipality.
The card is published under the CC-by-Sa license, the data open under the open license.
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Cities map eligible for optical fiber
Discover the communes fibrated by at least one operator in mainland France. This fiber card is created from Ariase data.
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Optical fiber in France
Internet coverage progresses in France thanks to fiber. As of June 30, 2023, according to the Arcep Observatory, 36.2 million dwellings were eligible for fiber optics to the home on FTTH networks (8,700,000 new connections between March 31, 2023 and June 3023). Optical fiber is now available in more than 28,000 municipalities.
Thanks to the deployed public initiative networks (RIP) in particular by Axione, TDF, Infrastructure Altitude. On behalf of local communities, fiber is also available in 13.5 million households in the less densely populated areas (74% of covered premises), via alternative access providers such as K-Net, Coriolis, Videofutur, or Nordnet. Currently, it is in the RIP that the deployment of the fiber is the most sustained.
Check if your accommodation is connected to optical fiber and compare the prices, speeds and internet box services available to you.
Number of cities fibated by operator
Cities Offers Orange 27136 See Orange fiber offers Free 26374 See Free Fiber offers SFR 26555 See SFR Fiber offers Bouygues Telecom 24181 See Bbox Fiber offers Source: Ariase (12/09/2023)
Which deploys fiber optics in France ?
Optical fiber is deployed by private operators (Orange, SFR, Free and Bouygues Telecom) in the 106 municipalities located in very dense areas and in 3,600 municipalities in moderately dense area on equity (AMII zones). In less dense areas, fiber is generally deployed by operators such as altitude, Covage or Axione who work on behalf of local authorities. There are currently around sixty public initiative networks (RIP).
- Orange (Brittany, Auvergne, Vendée, Mayenne, Gers, Gironde. ))
- SFR XP Fiber (Oise, Eure-et-Loir, Isère, Loiret, Corsica. ))
- Infrastructure altitude (Alsace, Doubs, Manche, Aude, Pyrenees Orientales. ))
- Axione (Ardèche, Drôme, Aisne, Cher, Indre. ))
- Covage (Hauts de Seine, Calvados, Somme. ))
- TDF (Yvelines, Val d’Oise, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher. ))
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Fiber eligibility rate in %
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The deployment of optical fiber and very high speed in France
96.8% Housing has more than 3 Mbit/s 84.72% eligible for very high speed 81.5% fiber optics
What is the fiber coverage by operator ?
Orange is the best fiber network operator in France with the best fiber coverage. Conversely, Bouygues Telecom is the one that has the worst coverage of the territory eligible for its fiber network.
1er
73%
fiber cover
99%
Adsl cover
2th
71%
fiber cover
99%
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3th
67%
fiber cover
98%
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4th
67%
fiber cover
99%
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Evolution of eligibility in France
Evolution of the rate of housing eligible for very high speed (> 30mbits/s)
Evolution of the housing fiber eligibility rate (in %)* This decrease in the fiber eligibility rate is due to a new estimate of the number of total housing made by ARCEP in T2 2020.
Rate of eligible housing depending on the flow in France
96.8% housing
> 3 Mbits/sFiber coverage by region, department and city
Very high speed record in France
We have created a ranking on the fiber and very high speed coverage of cities according to the number of inhabitants.
The position is obtained from the ADSL/VDSL connection rates, cable and fiber optic.Select a department from the list
Fiber coverage rate by department
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Fiber coverage rate by region
What is the fiber optic cover of your city ?
The fiber coverage of the 30 largest French cities
Know the state of its fiber coverage with the eligibility test
Now that you know if your municipality, department or region is well covered in fiber, check if you can also take advantage of it in your accommodation. To do this, simply test your fiber eligibility by entering your postal address. You will discover all the fixed packages of the operators available at home.
Fiber -eligible housing rate
Are you eligible for fiber ?100% of housing eligible for fiber / THD, but not you ?
Information concerning access to optical fiber in cities corresponds to the rate of accommodation that can be physically connected to the Fiber network. However, your address may not be eligible for various reasons:
- No access provider offers service on this address,
- The address is not yet recorded with operators,
- The union of the building (or the entire district) refused connection to the network or has not (yet) responded to the connection proposal.
What is the quality of the fiber network deployed in France ?
The average fiber flow in France
What is the real speed of your Internet connection in your accommodation ? Carrying out a fiber flow test allows you to know the real flow of your connection and all the options available to you to boost this flow. No more theoretical flows provided by operators on their site. You will finally know your real flow.
375.86 Mb/s Download
304.99 Mb/s upload
Fiber flow in France in 2022
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Your address is well covered in a fiber network and yet you are currently having connection problems from your modem ? This may be due to a fixed network failure which affects the quality of service of your Internet supplier. To be clear, use our failure tools to find out if an incident has been reported on the network of your operator.
966 ADSL Fixed network breakdowns 2168 Fixed fiber network breakdowns
An internet breakdown near you ?All your questions about the deployment of fiber optics
- What is the best fiber offer of the month ?
- How to terminate your current subscription to go to fiber ?
- Why your neighbors have fiber and not you ?
- How to install the fiber in your apartment ?
- How to connect your house with optical fiber ?
- Moving: how to take advantage of fiber at its new address ?
- Since when has fiber have been deployed in France ?
- Who takes care of the deployment of fiber in France ?
- What is a public initiative network ?
- What is an infrastructure operator ?
- Why the low dense areas are even less well covered ?
- What is the difference between fiber and THD ?
What is the best fiber offer of the month ?
According to our fixed barometer, your city is well covered in FTTH ? That’s excellent news. You can now take advantage of the performance of this technology at home by subscribing to a subscription. To help you make your choice, our experts provide you with an Internet box comparator. Just check your search criteria to find the best subscription in terms of value for money.
How to terminate your current subscription to go to fiber ?
To take advantage of the performance of this technology at home, you must subscribe to a fiber subscription. Changing fixed package therefore implies the termination of your current subscription. To quickly terminate your box, check first if you have reached the end of your commitment time to avoid potential termination fees. Your current subscription is without obligation ? So you can take the next step.
Then, you will have to send a postal letter to your operator, then return the equipment. To make your task easier, let yourself be guided by our experts thanks to our page devoted to the termination of an internet offer.
Why your neighbors have fiber and not you ?
In the event that you are not eligible for fiber optic when your neighbors are, there is very good chance that your accommodation is not connected to the NRO (optical connection node) located in your neighborhood. To remedy this, contact the operator who has deployed his network near you and which you can identify by entering for example, the postal address of a neighbor from our eligibility test. Then, you will only have to establish a technical appointment to connect your home to it.
How to install the fiber in your apartment ?
You live in a collective building not connected to FTTH and you want to take advantage of the performance of this technology at home ? To connect your apartment and therefore your building, you must get closer to your condominium trustee. Indeed, it must sign a fiberization agreement with an operator. Want to know more ? Our special file dedicated to the connection to the fiber of a building then apartment presents all the steps to follow to connect your home. Also note that connecting your apartment to the FTTH network will cost you nothing since the costs generated by the connection of a building are directly supported by the operator.
How to connect your house with optical fiber ?
To connect your individual house to fiber, just make a connection request from one of the large operators (Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Free). But before that, remember to check if one of them has not already deployed his network in your neighborhood by performing an online test. If this is the case, simply contact the operator in question to quickly connect your individual accommodation. For information, and unlike collective buildings, the costs of connecting a house are the responsibility of the owner.
Moving: how to take advantage of fiber at its new address ?
Taking advantage of your move to get to the FTTH is a great idea. If your town is well covered by this network, check without further delay if it is also the case for your new address. Whatever the test result, our experts support you in moving your internet package. Installation of a telephone line, estimate its connection costs, etc., Find all our advice to accelerate the move of your box according to your situation in our special file.
Since when has fiber have been deployed in France ?
In 1985, the use of fiber optic cables to replace old coaxial cables on the French telecommunications network was decided. However, it will be necessary to wait until the early 2000s for this technology to be marketed for consumers. To follow in real time its evolution near you and in each French region and department, our experts provide you with cards that are updated each quarter of the year. To find out more about the deployment of fiber in France, consult our dedicated guide without further delay on this subject.
Who takes care of the deployment of fiber in France ?
Several players participate in the development of this network in France. In dense regions, it is mainly private internet service providers who deploy this technology, in addition to market offers for consumers. While in rural regions, it is mainly local communities and infrastructure operators (OOs) who make the deployment of fiber, in particular thanks to public initiative networks (RIP). To find out more, we invite you to read the information dedicated to the RIP and the oi below.
What is a public initiative network ?
While the majority of geographically isolated users do not yet have access to fiber, local communities set up public initiative networks projects. These RIPs aim to fill the delay in the deployment of very high speed in white areas, neglected for several years by SFR, Bouygues, Orange and Free, because very unprofitable for them. For this, they use infrastructure operators (private companies) to accelerate the deployment of fiber and thus allow private telephone suppliers to market their very high speed internet subscriptions. Want to know more ? Discover our page dedicated to public initiative networks (RIP).
What is an infrastructure operator ?
Private infrastructure operators (Orange, Bouygues Telecom, Free and SFR) are not the only ones to deploy the fiber optic network in France. Thanks to the RIP, the territorial organizations also participate, in particular by delegating the exploitation of this network to external companies. Unlike private OCs, public initiative network infrastructure operators do not deploy the network for their own account, but for public service. Covage, axione, etc., These companies are responsible for installing passive infrastructure (pylons, cables, etc.) in order to make them available to private operators.
Why the low dense areas are even less well covered ?
You will have noticed from our fixed barometer, the very dense areas benefit from a better connection than the low dense areas. This is explained in particular by the fact that private internet suppliers have long favored cities with very high density to quickly deploy their network, to the detriment of low dense areas which represent only 18% of the French population. To remedy this, and with the very high speed France plan launched in 2013, the government undertakes to democratize access to very high speed and generalize the fiber optics by 2025.
What is the difference between fiber and THD ?
If having fiber in your home automatically gives access to very high speed, the opposite case is not systematic. Indeed, THD networks can use other technologies such as cable or DSL. Very high speed allows you to enjoy a minimum flow of 30 Mbit/s while the fiber offers a minimum flow of 100 Mbit/s.