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Originally Posted by ANTOINE
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.
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The justification is that when BT roll FTTP/K this will be new network which is not paid for by the tax payer but private money, yet this network will have to be wholesaled.
Their point is asking why they have to open up this network when the tax payer is not involved while VM can keep theirs closed.
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Originally Posted by cybernetic_tiger
VM has invested several billions of pounds building their network why should others be allowed to benefit from that investment? The main reason the BT network was opened up to OLO's was the fact that the investement was made with public money; this is not the case with VM.
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This goes the other way as well, BT's next generation network when complete will have cost several billion pounds of private money, why should others be allowed to benefit from that investment? The main reason the legacy copper was opened up was as you said because the investment was made with public money, this is not the case with a fibre overlay.