Swisscom is planning a free fiber optic connection to Altdorf UR in several stages. Corresponding construction work is planned from spring 2025.
As the municipality of Altdorf UR reports, Swisscom is planning to provide free access to the municipality in Altdorf from spring 2025, after informing the local authorities. As soon as the announced expansion phase is completed in spring 2026, part of Altdorf’s population will be able to surf the Internet ultra-fast.
Further expansion stages are planned. With an internet speed of up to ten gigabits per second, an average photo album with a size of one gigabyte can be downloaded in around 0.8 seconds.
In addition, the simultaneous use of performance-intensive applications such as home office with video conferences, Swisscom blue TV and various streaming services is possible without any problems. The current network performance can be queried individually for each address on the Swisscom website at any time.
In order to connect a building to the fiber optic network, the owner of the building must first sign a development agreement. The company Axians commissioned by Swisscom will contact the owner to discuss the details of the development and the development contract.
By signing the contract, you allow our construction partner to connect your property with fiber optics. This is usually done free of charge. The development agreement also does not impose any obligation to subsequently use services on the fiber optic network.
The population can choose between offers from various service providers such as Wingo, Salt or Sunrise, which also have access to the Swisscom network.
The expansion in Altdorf is being implemented as part of the Swisscom network strategy, which envisages a Swiss-wide fiber optic coverage of around 57 percent by the end of 2025 and between 75 and 80 percent by the end of 2030.
Thanks to the rapid expansion of fiber optics, Swisscom also plans to gradually decommission the approximately 150-year-old copper network in the coming years. After 2030, the fiber optic network should be completed in all communities, which will allow the copper network to be completely decommissioned.
In particular, this leads to electricity savings in the order of magnitude of the annual consumption of a Swiss city with around 20,000 inhabitants.
In addition to fiber optic technology, Swisscom is also pushing ahead with the expansion of modern mobile communications technologies such as 5G in Switzerland. Mobile phone coverage is used as a supplement to the landline network in order to provide remote areas or scattered settlements with high-performance ultra-broadband.
