Hands up who actually read the article in full, looking at this thread it appears not many.
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In particular, Sky said the physical ducts should be opened up to allow other firms to lay fibre while avoiding the massive civil engineering costs of digging new trenches.
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Mandating access to ducting is something that both Ofcom and the European telco regulator are strongly considering. This doesn't just apply to BT and other incumbent telcos but to cable companies as well.
It's unlikely that VM will be forced to open their cable network imminently, however the ducting, well, that's a very different thing.
EDIT: Just to clarify, that VM was primarily built using private money and BT's ducting largely public money means precisely
nothing for mandatory access to ducting for these purposes.