I said 'relatively' recently.
Delivering LLU broadband costs Sky and TalkTalk very little. They pay BT the same amount for the MPF line rental regardless of whether a customer is on FTTC or ADSL and connect the customer to the same equipment on their side. The only incremental cost supplying a customer ADSL over just a phone line for them is bandwidth and their charging way more for line rental than Openreach charge them covers that.
Sky and TalkTalk have both really wanted to be able to logically unbundle ports in BT's cabinets. They have now gotten their heads around that that isn't going to happen and the best they'll get is a VULA solution.
Sky's 80Mb product is still not available to order online, you have to call them.
http://www.sky.com/shop/broadband-talk/fibre-optic/
It's also £30 a month and requires line rental of £16.40. More expensive than either BT brand.
Their 38Mb unlimited product costs as much as Plusnet's 76Mb.
TalkTalk's customer base is largely people who want to spend as little as possible, so it's no great surprise their fibre take up so far hasn't been amazing.
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
In my opinion the fibre market needs some changes not sure what exactly though , its currently not working in favour of the customer.
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What in your opinion is wrong with it?
In my opinion things are too cheap, operators too addicted to copper, and it deters investment in genuinely next generation solutions.