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Originally Posted by Broadbandings
Hmmm not yet I imagine. 40GBP or so per Mbps/month is the cost of the WBC variant of the backhaul between BT Wholesale and ISPs. Might be no contention between line and cabinet and cabinet to exchange but it'll kick in like a mule in between BT Wholesale and the ISPs at those prices. 40GBP / Mbps / month you're talking a contention ratio of 40:1 costing nearly 40GBP/month just on BT Wholesale interconnect.
It should be noted this is just the cost of the bandwidth, it ignores to the costs to operators of getting the stuff from the various national interconnects to their network, the costs from their network to the Internet, and the fixed costs of the interconnect.
There is of course the option to connect to the exchanges directly in a similar manner to existing LLU and use the same backhauls however as yet no LLU operator has made any commitment or shown any significant interest in the service in no small part because it makes part of their investments obsolete.
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BT have just announced a "unlimited" offering using FTTC (upto 40Mb down and 10Mb up) for £25 a month.
Some competition for the 50Mb Virgin offering?