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Originally Posted by Shaun
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.
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Not really.
Can you imagine how much road digging they would have to do? To lay Fibre to the Home and at what cost, they have to apply for local authority permission for widespread digging now. Its going to require a lot more than just installing a new line from a junction box on the pole, it will need to go all the way to the exchange.
Ntl (or predecessors) have racked up huge debts laying cable to less than half the UK; imagine the costs of relaying cable to every home in the UK? it aint gonna be cheap and BT aint gonna do it anytime soon.
They will let us use a substandard service at high prices for amy years to come, until it is an absolute necessity to replace it.