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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
Ofcoms recent analysis on alternaitves to copper indicates they arent going to be backing fibre to the home any time soon, fibre to the cabinet was the only one they "may" back but they indicated it offered no cost savings over copper, and cost savings is the only thing that would probably make the BT shareholders approve the change. .
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I have said before, the long-term plan is ethernet not fibre. So all you do is replace the bell wire with ethernet
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
I think the bigger clinger tho is how it will disrupt LLU, ofcom is a big fan of LLU been competitive, FTTC would mean LLU providers having to run their fibre to cabinets to install their dslams there which will be very uneconomical for them as they may only have half a dozen or so customers per cabinet.
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BT's plan is to leave the " old switches" to the mercy of the LLU boys n gals, and ride off merrily into the sunset on their 21CN with all their subs fed on ethernet
Thats the looooooooooooooooooong term plan. I have been privy to the mins from a high level meeting via a mate