Cable Forum - View Single Post - Virgin Media refuse to open to competitors.

Turkey Machine · 29-11-2010, 20:49

Virgin could look at wholesaling access in areas which would significantly benefit BT (far distance from exchange, for instance), but the challenge is training the staff at BT (wholesale or otherwise) to fault-find and diagnose problems with a cable installation. That takes a LOT of time and a LOT of money to do the job as effectively and competently as Openreach does for analogue and digital telephone lines, and xDSL installations.

At the end of the day it comes down to money. Virgin have to make it a worthwhile investment to open up their network to the single biggest wholesale player in the world. If they go in with their trousers around their ankles nobody wins because everybody gets shafted.

29-11-2010, 20:49	#24
Turkey Machine Inactive Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norwich Age: 38 Services: Company LLU internet, soon-to-be company FTTC internet at 56Mb/20Mb! Posts: 1,895	Re: Virgin Media refuse to open to competitors. Virgin could look at wholesaling access in areas which would significantly benefit BT (far distance from exchange, for instance), but the challenge is training the staff at BT (wholesale or otherwise) to fault-find and diagnose problems with a cable installation. That takes a LOT of time and a LOT of money to do the job as effectively and competently as Openreach does for analogue and digital telephone lines, and xDSL installations. At the end of the day it comes down to money. Virgin have to make it a worthwhile investment to open up their network to the single biggest wholesale player in the world. If they go in with their trousers around their ankles nobody wins because everybody gets shafted.