[arefem]

You're right, BT do still own the cable, and that's the problem. BT do not see it as a priority and will get no financial benefit, VM will not upgrade it because it is not thiers, so what was once the jewel in the crown of British communication technology is now consigned to a technological backwater. Because the cable is a hybrid copper/fibre, it cannot handle the plethora of channels now available (according to VM), that's why we can't get digital channels, agian according to VM. No wonder we are seeing our skyline littered with wideband arials and sat. dishes. Some people living in ground floor apartments even have them on poles in thier garden!