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Originally Posted by ianathuth
Going back 10 or 12 years when you only had dialup and your phone bills were like the national debt you wouldn't imagine that we could have services as fast and as cheap as they are today.  |
Yes, but we are not really talking about a forward step here!
Offering Digital TV, Broadband etc over BT's network by LLU is a technically inferior delivery method to the HFC network ntl has in place on it's own network.
Broadcast is the big problem, HFC is disliked by all the Internety/data type people because it involves RF and fibre, they dont understand it to any degree. However it is currently an unbeatable medium for delivering TV/Entertainment type services. No matter what you offer down a twisted pair it's a compromise when compared to ntl's own HFC network.
There are parts of BT's network falling to pieces, just look at the mess when you see a BT cabinet open. This is exactly what happens when a company sits back, stops all maintenance that is seen as unnecessary and engineers are encouraged to concentrate 100% on speed with little regard to quality.
Roll the clocks forward about 10 years and ntl's networks will be in a very bad state if the current management trend is allowed to continue!
(Sorry I have diversified there a bit)
My personal view, is there is no way LLU services down an old twisted pair are going to be as good for a customer when compared to a HFC network.