SOGEA Business Broadband, Without a Phone Line
Netavo provides SOGEA broadband for sites that full fibre has not yet reached: the same fibre-to-the-cabinet connection businesses have used for years, ordered on its own without a telephone line, carried on our own core network. Where FTTP is available we provide that instead, so every site in an estate gets the best connection its address allows.
Broadband that no longer needs a phone line
SOGEA replaces FTTC broadband. The connection is the same, but it is ordered and rented on its own, so there is no unused telephone line to pay for, and one service to support rather than two. As the UK's analogue phone network is withdrawn, it is how part-fibre broadband is supplied.
We order SOGEA directly from Openreach as a communications provider, and carry the traffic across our own core network rather than handing it to someone else's. Orders, appointments and faults are handled from our own systems.
- TechnologyFibre to the cabinet, copper to the premises
- SpeedsUp to 80/20, depending on distance
- Phone lineNot needed
- Access networkOpenreach, ordered directly
- Core networkOwned and operated by Netavo
The right connection for each address
Every address is checked before anything is ordered, and each site gets the best service available to it.
| Service | Speeds | When we use it |
|---|---|---|
| Business FTTP broadband | Up to 2300M | Wherever full fibre is available |
| SOGEA broadband | Up to 80/20 | Sites full fibre has not yet reached |
| Ethernet over SOGEA or FTTP | Within the line's speed | Ethernet service at smaller sites, without a dedicated build |
| Ethernet DIA | 100M – 10G | Sites that need dedicated, symmetrical capacity |
| Mobile failover | — | A second path on any of the above |
Moving from FTTC and a phone line
Check every address
We confirm which sites can take full fibre and which need SOGEA, and list what currently uses each phone line.
Plan what uses the line
Calls move to cloud voice and numbers are ported. Alarms, lift lines and payment terminals that dial out are identified for replacement.
Re-provide the broadband
The service is moved to SOGEA or FTTP and the router reconnected, site by site or in planned batches across an estate.
Cease what is left
Once each site is confirmed working, the old phone line is ceased so nothing is paid for twice.
SOGEA for resellers and partners
Partners sell SOGEA and full fibre to their own customers under their own brand. They check availability and price lines through our API, give their customers a portal in their own brand, and invoice them at their own prices, while we order, deliver and monitor every line behind them.
Because the network behind it is ours, a partner can offer more than broadband: a site's line can join a private MPLS WAN, with mobile failover and cloud voice on the same service.
ISPs can also take SOGEA wholesale alongside FTTP, handed over by L2TP to their own network, as part of our wholesale broadband service.
Connectivity partnerships →- PortalIn your brand, for your customers
- Availability and quotesThrough our API
- Pricing and billingSet and invoiced by you
Common questions
Does Netavo provide SOGEA broadband?
Yes. Netavo provides SOGEA broadband up to 80/20, ordered directly from Openreach and carried on its own core network, for sites that full fibre has not yet reached.
Do I need a phone line for SOGEA?
No. SOGEA is broadband without a telephone line. Netavo moves calls to cloud voice and ports existing numbers as part of the change.
Can I resell Netavo SOGEA broadband?
Yes. Netavo partners resell SOGEA and full fibre under their own brand, with a white-label portal, an availability and quote API and their own billing.
Will Netavo provide full fibre instead where it is available?
Yes. Netavo checks every address and provides business FTTP at up to 2300M wherever full fibre is available, using SOGEA only where it is not.
Does Netavo offer wholesale SOGEA to ISPs?
Yes. Netavo supplies SOGEA wholesale to ISPs alongside FTTP, handed over by L2TP to the ISP's own network or terminated for them on Netavo's BNG.
Can a SOGEA line be part of a private network?
Yes. Netavo SOGEA lines can join a private MPLS WAN on its own core network, with mobile failover available at each site.
Often delivered alongside
Connectivity & WAN
Fibre and Ethernet access, private WAN and resilient connectivity, from a single site to a national estate.
Explore connectivity →Cloud Voice & Numbering
Hosted telephony, SIP trunking and numbering on our own platform, for a single user or a contact centre.
Explore voice →MPLS Network Provider: Private MPLS WAN for Business
Any-to-any MPLS VPN on our own core, joining sites, cloud, IoT SIMs, voice and remote workers on one private WAN.
Explore MPLS →Move your sites off the phone line
Send us the addresses involved. We will confirm which can take full fibre, which need SOGEA, and what else on each line has to move.
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