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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Google fibre only exists in the US because there's no LLU and residents are left with a stark choice between slow ADSL or expensive fibre bundled with pay TV. Fortunately, we in Europe have far more choice thanks to LLU.
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Well, their choice was ADSL or cable. The monopoly telco ADSL provider or the cable company.
Google's work was a tech trial to see what extra advertising revenue they could make.
LLU is a false dichotomy. Fundamentally it's exactly the same thing served from a variety of retail operators. The underlying connection between user and exchange is no better, you aren't magically moved closer to the exchange because you're on LLU. The backhaul network is different, that's about it.
Frankly LLU is a pain in the arse. The people offering it are addicted to it as they've tied themselves to copper broadband and don't want to let it go in favour of partial or full fibre connections as it renders their investment in most of their exchange-based equipment redundant.