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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Oddly enough though, all the largest EU economies have considerably lower FTTP penetration than Europe as a whole, or several exemplar countries like Holland. While the politics and economics of smaller countries will always be different, chances are if you look closely enough you'll find areas of England with the same FTTP availability as parts of the Netherlands. Extend your stats for the Netherlands outwards to include a land area the size of England though and the picture won't be nearly so rosy.
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Okay, let's deal purely with the urban areas.
Prior to the taxpayer getting involved in our urban areas SFBB passed ~85% of premises, with ~70-75% able to get speeds >24Mb.
Some exchanges received exactly nothing until the Superconnected Cities scheme came about, then suddenly FTTC appeared and the hands were open for the FTTPoD vouchers.
There is only one area of England with any significant FTTP, unsurprisingly it was co-funded by taxpayers.
Some staff at Openreach have been telling housing developers that FTTP is still in trials so they've continued to request copper for new builds. Building new estates with copper is nuts.
FTTPoD, I looked into it. Sadly an install cost of £6,150 along with a £270pm 3 year contact made me balk somewhat.