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Chrysalis · 19-06-2008, 19:34

The reason for the difference is the market, the uk market is very strange compared to others. The market here is typically cut throat price wars which means quality drops and there is no investment in future technologies. All the isps are scared to invest because it means higher prices and all the uk consumer is looking for is lowest price.

Most of the blame has to be placed with ofcom as they built the current market by breaking BT up and forcing competition on adsl, this has affected the cable broadband VM/NTL/telewest. The lack of regulation has allowed very dubious advertising which in turn discourages investment in the infrastructure.

19-06-2008, 19:34	#76
Chrysalis Inactive Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband The reason for the difference is the market, the uk market is very strange compared to others. The market here is typically cut throat price wars which means quality drops and there is no investment in future technologies. All the isps are scared to invest because it means higher prices and all the uk consumer is looking for is lowest price. Most of the blame has to be placed with ofcom as they built the current market by breaking BT up and forcing competition on adsl, this has affected the cable broadband VM/NTL/telewest. The lack of regulation has allowed very dubious advertising which in turn discourages investment in the infrastructure.