Bouygues Telecom's new fiber modem is official: it is moving to Wi-Fi 6 but is also preparing for "future technologies" with an optical module that can reach 10 Gb/s and an RJ45 port already ready for such speed.It sounds great on paper, but many details are still missing.As expected, Bouygues Telecom held a press conference this morning with Benoit Torloting (deputy general manager in charge of consumer and business operations).Contrary to what one might think, there is no question of a new multimedia box, but simply of a redesigned fiber modem sporting a new design.It will be offered at the end of January with the Ultym fiber package.Its main novelty highlighted concerns the support for Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), as on the modem part of the SFR Box 8.As a reminder, Free and Orange are currently confined to Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) on their latest generation boxes.This modem-router measures 141 x 152 x 231 mm for 1.46 kg and incorporates eight antennas, but the service provider does not give any details on the speeds that can be expected;shame.He adds that he "designed new smart Wi-Fi 6 repeaters" to accompany his box, but again without giving any additional information.But another major surprise is hidden in the technical characteristics of this new modem.You don't have to look for its 320 x 240 pixel LCD screen - for the settings and the password QR Code - but at the level of the connectors including an RJ45 port that can reach 10 Gb / s, in addition to the four others at 1 Gb/s, two USB 3.x (speed not specified) and an RJ11 to connect a telephone.In its press release, Bouygues Telecom specifies that it is "delivered with an SFP optical module".On Twitter, the company adds that its “modem is scalable and will be able to integrate future technologies.For example, its fiber socket is modular: this makes the modem easily compatible with future speeds of 10 Gb/s”.We are therefore in the presence of an SFP+ cage, which seems logical since an RJ45 port at 10 Gb/s alone would only be of limited interest, especially since no NAS type functionality seems integrated.The ONT (optical network termination) seems to disappear since the fiber arrives directly in the box.The Bbox Ultym fiber offer – 21.99 euros per month for one year, then 41.99 euros with a one-year commitment – ​​currently offers speeds of up to 1 Gb/s “only” for download and 500 Mb /s in upload.An increase in speed is therefore envisaged by the ISP, but no timetable is given for the moment.It will then be necessary to see if the operator does not take advantage of this to increase its prices, as Free and Orange did before it.Rear connectors of the new Bbox modem, with the optical module and the 10 Gb/s Ethernet portAs a reminder, Free has in fact already taken the plunge from 10G EPON (8 Gb/s in practice) for more than a year with its Freebox Delta, but you have to pay 40 euros per month for a Delta S subscription without the services television and 50 euros per month for the Delta… not to mention the 480 euros to buy the Player Devialet.For its part, Orange only climbs up to “2 Gb/s shared” because its Livebox does not have a Multi-Gig or 10 Gb/s port, but only several at 1 Gb/s.On the price side, Livebox Up is 31 euros the first year for a fiber subscription, then goes to 50 euros per month, like the Free box Delta.In any case, it will be necessary to wait until the end of January for the new Bouygues Telecom modem to be available, without it being known whether new and old people will be able to take advantage of it, and under what conditions if necessary.We do not yet know whether or not it will be accompanied by a new multimedia box.We questioned the ISP on the subject, pending the publication of the standardized information sheets (FIS).The editorial staff offers you access to this article, the subscription finances the work of our team of journalists2000 - 2022 INpact MediaGroup - Press SARL, member of SPIIL.CPPAP number 0326 Z 92244.Trademark.All rights reserved.Legal notice and contactYou don't have any notification yetYou are not yet INpact?