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

kstone · 14-12-2010, 16:07

I was at a recent broadband event listening to Virgin discuss their next gen deployment and how it needs BT to pull it's finger out and open access to it's ducts and poles.

When asked if Virgin would be open to doing the same.
Not a chance.

Right now VM have a method to supply 200mb, if they want they can pull out the coax and deliver fibre down the same ducting (1gb++). They hold all the cards today, they have a plan for tommorow.

The many companies who deployed the diverse cable network in the UK paid for it themselves, not the taxpayer... So.. the last bit to the home they will never open up.
But the backhaul, I'm sure there will be sale of this bandwidth.

14-12-2010, 16:07	#26
kstone Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 25	Re: Virgin Media refuse to open to competitors. I was at a recent broadband event listening to Virgin discuss their next gen deployment and how it needs BT to pull it's finger out and open access to it's ducts and poles. When asked if Virgin would be open to doing the same. Not a chance. Right now VM have a method to supply 200mb, if they want they can pull out the coax and deliver fibre down the same ducting (1gb++). They hold all the cards today, they have a plan for tommorow. The many companies who deployed the diverse cable network in the UK paid for it themselves, not the taxpayer... So.. the last bit to the home they will never open up. But the backhaul, I'm sure there will be sale of this bandwidth.