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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Dundee's a lot smaller, what made them build that far?
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Tayside Cable Systems Ltd bought the franchise for both Perth and Dundee, so they made the call to build the cable network there.
The Virgin core network connected up the franchises as they were assimilated. Dundee and Perth were relatively close to other franchises so relatively little fibre needed deploying compared to somewhere like Aberdeen.
Looking at the historicals Aberdeen isn't an HFC network, it's an all-coax with microwave backhaul arrangement. Atlantic Cable went down the pan at the same time ntl and Telewest were beginning to really hit the rocks so there wasn't the cash there to either buy the network or give it the comprehensive rebuild that would've been needed.
EDIT: Incidentally the existing network is actually leased from BT and runs at least partially inside BT ducts. ntl were unable to strike a deal with BT over Milton Keynes or parts of Westminster so no reason to think VM would have more luck - they'd have to build from scratch.
So a buyer would've had to purchase the franchise, at best do a full HFC network overbuild and almost certainly a full new build, and extend their core network about 100km to Aberdeen.