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Originally Posted by brundles
I'm not convinced they really want access but are just trying to muddy the waters. Having VMs network forced open would complicate matters for VM potentially lowering the capital they have available to invest in their own network to compete. If the network isn't forced open then BT have an argument for not opening this portion of their network.
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Not really, as has been discussed many times on this forum, BT's access Network (i.e. the last couple of km of copper) was paid for by the tax payer. This is the bit that other operators use.
They very rarely use the BT national fibre optic network that links all the exchanges for their backhaul. In fact many (carphone warehouse, orange,tiscali) use VMs Network. Sky have their own, others will use C&Ws or Thus's Networks.
There is no justification to force VM to open their network.