05-12-2016, 07:21 PM
Apparently the competition does still exist, aided now by Ofcom telling BT that it must make its ducts and poles available to competitors which, it is said, would shave 40% off the cost of building a competitive network - an advantage that the company I referred to in my previous post didn't have. There is also a plan for BT to share its dark fibre with other operators.
See:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016...mpetition/
http://www.silicon.co.uk/networks/cityfi...ach-190437
... but that doesn't mean that everybody is happy ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016...it-protec/
I'm not so sure about that dark fibre policy. When a network operator installs fibre it makes sense to install much more than initially required because it is much cheaper than pulling more fibre later as the system expands.
If other operators are to have access to this dark fibre, what do BT do when all the fibre is in use and they have customers requesting FTTH or they want to provide their service to new housing developments that spring up along the way?
See:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016...mpetition/
http://www.silicon.co.uk/networks/cityfi...ach-190437
... but that doesn't mean that everybody is happy ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016...it-protec/
I'm not so sure about that dark fibre policy. When a network operator installs fibre it makes sense to install much more than initially required because it is much cheaper than pulling more fibre later as the system expands.
If other operators are to have access to this dark fibre, what do BT do when all the fibre is in use and they have customers requesting FTTH or they want to provide their service to new housing developments that spring up along the way?
