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Originally Posted by themelon
If BT were to replace this to all homes in the UK it would cost them billions and probably send them bankrupt, they may implement it over say the next 50/100 years but it will not happen in 5 Years, most likely not 10 or even 25 years.
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You're just being silly now.
IF there's about 25 million res line in the UK then we can assume that to replace them will cost approximatly £100 (max) a line based on the fact that they charge between £125 and £175 to install a compmently new line.
25m x £100 = 2500m = 2.5bn.
Now pocket money but far less than BT are spending on 21CN and less than half of Ntls current debt (before they even think about ITV).
Once 21CN is rolled out (2010/11) I can see them spending this sort of money on upgrading the last mile.
It's the only sensible way to do it too, as what's the point in replacing the lines when there isn't anything (other than ADSL2+ which is mainly limited by line length not the age of the line) to plug them into in the exchange.
I can't see it taking 50 to 100 years either, that's just a silly exaggeration. It never took that long for BT to build its current network.