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Originally Posted by andyl
Would I want/need ADSL if I can get broadband cable through a choice of providers using the NTL/Telewest or are you saying that even if NTL/Telewest opened up its networks, Wanadoo, BlueYonder, BoltBlue etc couldn't offer broadband services to me through it?
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You referred earlier to the restriction "BT line required". ADSL providers make this restriction because they need a copper-only-all-the-way-to-the-exchange telephone line on which to piggy-back the ADSL broadband. NTL telephone lines do not have copper all the way to the exchange: they are multiplexed onto fibre in a street cabinet, so NTL telephone lines cannot support ADSL broadband. So an ADSL broadband ISP cannot provide service over NTL telephone lines even if the NTL telephone network was opened up to competition. Alternate cable broadband suppliers might be interested in using NTL's cable-broadband infrastructure to deliver services, rather like AOL does now, but I doubt that you will see many of the present ADSL specialist ISPs wanting to do that. So you are likely to see the stipulation "BT line required" for some time to come.