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Originally Posted by nomadking
Look at it from their perspective. They get an area all neat and tidy and then VM and perhaps others come along and dig everything up. If it was all that simple, why wouldn't they allow it?
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So, they organise it so that the various companies come in and do their work BEFORE it's all tidy.
I suspect the problem is contracts. If a builder builds a new estate, the operator would have to cable up maybe a couple of thousand houses and/or flats. That's probably not cheap, so they'll probably want some sort of exclusivity. I am not defending them, as I don't think those sorts of deals are good for the consumer.
What I think, with an increasing amount of government services going online, is that the government should be intervening to ensure fair competition between the broadband providers in *all* areas, including rural and new build. This includes ensuring that all broadband providers at least have the chance to build on all new estates, regardless of what deals are in place.