So it looks like fibre to the threshold is on the cards here in the UK.
Sky TV must be getting a bit twitchy as the capacities involved are stupendous which could enable BT to deliver multiple HD channels down the line competing with Sky's satellite offering in a big way.
At long last BT are also committing to upgrading the back-haul. Your data won't feel like a frisky salmon trying to swim up-stream through a raging torrent. SaaS back-up, shared drives and personal WANs could now become a commonplace occurrence.
The key to all this structural overhaul is Ofcom,
BT won't sign the cheque until it knows it can make a fair return on its £1.5bn investment without the service restriction chains it has been bound by for so many years.
In a much more competitive market I think it is about time BT was given more latitude with its licence especially with regard to delivering real time TV.
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Well back in the early 1970 GPO Cable TV was the latest thing. Remember Milton Keynes and Washington (England) Then along came Thatcher and privatisation, lack of Investment into the existing infrastructure. Now you all bitch on about BT. Well forgive me but you are the people not supporting BT by going to these OLO,s ? Nymex,Diamond,Comtel,Joe Blogs. All given a boost by the Government, sorry the tax payer and now eaten up by Monopolies, Richard Branson, why should he have anything to do with Telecomms. He is just after a profit.
Posted by David Brian Shepherd | August 31, 2008 4:31 PM
Posted on August 31, 2008 16:31