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Old 09-07-2015, 23:31   #36
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Re: Sky trialing 1Gb FTTP in Amazingstoke

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 View Post
Talk Talk said the following in May of this year ,

http://www.theguardian.com/business/...rnet-broadband

No idea whether this is at all likely or whether an expanded roll out would include Sky.
Interesting, unaware of that. So, talktalk at least, are thinking about a national network.

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet View Post
They're trying to work out whether or not they can make the economics work if they build their own access network.

They pay SES Astra a lot of money for satellite capacity and are very aware of the limitations of that method of delivery.

Their trials are in different areas with different population densities and build methods. They need to work out costs and uptake.
I wonder if we'll see something like that is the States aka AT&T/Direct TV merger.

If Sky wants a nationwide network and BT has infrastructure, perhaps these two might bite the bullet and merge??
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