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Originally Posted by Womble
I think, and I am only thinking out loud here so bear with me! BT are about to start something called 21st Century Network, and one of their partners is NTL. Its aim is to have fibre to the home by 2006 (yes I know what u are going to say!). BT are spending billions on this!. They plan to do VoIP, Digital Telly and Internet access via fibre. BT have the money, NTL has the duct in place, and agreements with content providers aswell as an existing method of broadcast.
Meanwhile, They are also looking at Digital TV down DSL. This fits in with the artical. We all assume the broadband was via the HFC network, but with local loop unbundling NTL could selll DTV to people not on franchise via ADSL.
As I said, I amybe barking up the wrong tree!!
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BT are in a far stronger position to do this than ntl. They already have relationships with many large content providers (News Corp is far better freinds with BT than the cablecos) BT also has a rather large stake in YesTV, which is in effect doing what you talk about above, and they have a little thing called money, which is quite important when it comes to digging roads up again.
To be fair, ntl have been aware of this for some time (there was always a time when BT were not allowed by law to enter the TV market) and they have tried to position themselves as an all-rounder offering a strong (sometimes) broadband offer. Of course BT will be like-for-like with the cablecos when they enter the DTV market.