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Originally Posted by Charliedontsurf
Like I said why doesnt Virginmedia allow sky access to its network.
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Virgin Media is not obliged to allow anyone to access it's telecom and broadband network because it is not a monopoly. OpenReach is
obliged to offer service, through a telecom provider, to anyone in the UK at a fair price. The network has a monopoly on service. That is why OpenReach and BT Retail were seperated and the OpenReach network was opened up to other telecom providers. The network was originally funded largely by the tax payer.
Virgin Media, in contrast, has built a telecoms network, funded privately, in selected regions of the UK. It is not obliged to offer service to anyone within those areas because it is not a monopoly unlike OpenReach. It doesn't offer any other telecoms company access to its telecom network because OFCOM doesn't mandate that it must. The same applies to Kingston Communications in Hull.
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Originally Posted by Charliedontsurf
So why cant sky rent VM's network space?
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OFCOM doesn't oblige them to because Virgin Media built the network privately. BSkyB haven't built a telecom network, although they purchased Easynet which is a telecoms company. Sky could offer FTTC via OpenReach's FTTC wholesale product in areas where it is available, as many other ISPs also do. BT Retail offer a product branded as Infinity which is just one offering of FTTC (but often confused as the only solution).