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Originally Posted by Pierre
No, for at least two years you have been able to use BT poles and ducts. They charge you so much though it's cheaper to put your own in.
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I was completely unaware that BT's poles and ducts were open to other operators, so it begs the question, what new thing is Ofcom proposing then? Price caps on Openreach when they make their infrastructure available to others?? I can't work out what Ofcom want changed that is different to now.
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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
I have my doubts.
Sky are throwing a paddy that BT haven't been split up and if they want to supply FTTP they'll have to spend their own money. They wanted Openreach split and someone else to pick up the bills. Hyperoptic are pleased and are getting on with the job as they have since 2012, Sky are whinging to Ofcom and anyone else who will listen as indeed they have for years.
Based on the costs budgeted for their trial in York Sky spend enough on Premier League rights, just the rights, nothing else, to deliver FTTP to every premises in Leeds, the country's 3rd most populous city, every 6 weeks.
Their York trial has cost about as much as they hand the Premier League in 5 days.
PIA has been available since 2013.
https://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/hom...polesharing.do
https://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/hom...IRO17thMay.pdf
16 May 2013 – Issue 2
Sky were late to FTTC as they wanted to sweat the equipment they've placed in BT's exchanges further, they still don't offer 80Mb FTTC online you have to call, they have no FTTP product over Openreach.
They have had ample opportunity to get on with the job of building FTTP if they chose to. Beyond what's increasingly looking like a PR stunt in York they've shown no indication of wanting to. It looks a lot more like they'll do what they have so far both for their satellite TV and their broadband - rent infrastructure from someone else. |
Has there actually been a Sky customer yet on the York FTTP network? I know there are TalkTalk customers now using the FTTP service.
If the FTTP trial is as cheap as you say, I wonder why Sky aren't going at it full throttle? Why bother getting involved at all if they don't intend to use it? They must have spent quite a wodge of money on it. Quite bizarre. Unless they're waiting for a better deal on Openreach's infrastructure and are just waiting to ditch CityFibre at the first opportunity.
On your wider point about whether they are really interested in FTTP at all considering they have 10 million+ satellite customers, I think they are based on their past broadband activities.
They have a massive satellite tv base, but most pundits predict that the future of tv will be IP delivered and I believe we will see more activity from Sky in this area in the future. Now TV is already in place and I think this service will expand more as their attention gradually shifts onto IPTV.