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And what will anyone do with it? Sainsburys shopping?

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What areas whould those be ?

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Loads of them. At the moment, it's mostly small towns & large villages that weren't originally cabled. At some point they will start overbuilding the cable network.

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Oh, well I guess that rules me out for a long time still :(

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Not really, VM’s XGS-PON active foot print is, as present , modest.

Outlaying areas mainly, however Scarborough is a good one.

2G non-symmetrical, can and will be, provided over the HFC anyway.

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All these come with a free £349 LG 4K 43-inch. NEW CUSTOMERS ONLY OF COURSE

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.....on the nexfibre network, which is approaching availability to 1 million homes in suburban and semi-rural areas across the UK, including key cities like Belfast, Cardiff, London, and Glasgow, offers 2 Gbps speeds. .... Per press release

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Here's a list of places served or being added this year:
https://www.nexfibre.co.uk/wp-conten...2023-NEW77.pdf

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As I said XGS-PON availability in relation to VM’s HFC & RFoG offering is, at present, modest.

But that will, and is, improving.

The fibre overbuild of the HFC network is well underway, but none of the overbuild is live yet and HFC customers don’t yet have the option to switch.

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Have no idea what this really is ,but Cardiff Central definitely is not an outlining error :rolleyes:

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From the Telegraph:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/comp...53c53ddd&ei=15

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Are you able to obtain XGS-PON in Central Cardiff from Virgin Media?

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A recent re-org in the VM CTO division, means it is focused on build and delivery of NexFibre and Fibre overbuild and, tellingly, M&A of other alt nets.

Talk Talk may have a decent consumer base, but it’s mainly delivered over OpenReach infrastructure and I’m not sure that’s what VMO2 are looking for.

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Agreed. The article had this to say on that subject
I would have though Vodafone would be a better combination, given their use of City Fibre and Open Reach like Talk Talk and value focus. However, Vodafone are busy trying to merge with Three and not flush with cash which is what TalkTalk's owners need.

The Telegraph also suggested regulatory issues might be a concern with Vodafone. I thought this would be less of a concern as they're not as large a player in broadband as VM.

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Reword have no idea what this is. And I don't live in Central Cardiff so not a clue:D

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Reflecting on this, VM O2 is the only big UK ISP not to have a value brand. Sky has Now and BT has PlusNet. VM O2 now has the value mobile brand GiffGaff in its portfolio which it could apply to TalkTalk's consumer arm if it acquired the business.

Although it would obviously be a lot of work moving TalkTalk customers over to cable connections where available, combining the two ISPs would give VM O2 market share getting close to BT's and leapfrogging Sky.

How the regulators would view it is another matter but given the context of TalkTalk's finances there might be some flexibility. A potential remedy that could suit both sides is if VM O2 agreed to sell on those TalkTalk customers who weren't in its cabled areas, perhaps coming to an arrangement with Vodafone in advance.

Market share

• BT/EE/PlusNet 33.6%
• Sky/Now >24.04%
• VM 20.18%
• Talk Talk/Shell 11.65%
• Vodafone 4.36%

Per: https://www.choose.co.uk/broadband/guide/market-share/