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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
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.
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Yes I mentioned that earlier in the thread. So actually what I thought was as simple as VM buying the network wouldn't be. The main thing they'd want is the ducts, but there aren't any in the Aberdeen network as it all went through BT ducts so it's a complete non-starter.