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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
BT will stay behind VM in the local loop but will be ahead in the backhaul, of course BT are also ahead in profitability as well with the ability to invest when required.
The question is, what is the point of a local loop that can do 50mbit when the service provider can only cater for 5mbit of bandwidth uncongested?
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There isn't going to be any bandwith congestion once they start using DOCSIS3.0. Streams will be freed up. VM's plan is apparently to offer DOCSIS3.0 bandwith to their 20meg and 50 meg tiers. This means these customers will no longer have to be shaped because of congestion and heavy downloaders affecting everyone else. They plan on keeping their tv and 2 and 10meg customers on the current one. They said once they have shut down all analogue streams this will free up more than enough bandwith for their lower tier customers to enjoy the bb speeds they currently pay for.
I don't think VM will staying behind because there majority of their network is fibre where as BT's isn't going to mainly fibre just the last bit from the cab to the home ,over copper is still going to cause poorer speeds and they will still not be able to offer speeds of 200MEG. It all looks good on paper saying we can offer 100meg in 2012 but VM are already half way there and once they have moved their streams to DOCSIS3.0 they could do it anytime they like. Bt are too far behind and in the long term future are still going to struggle to offer the speeds a near on fully fibre optic network can. Whose going to need more than 100meg anyway though?