Another point on whether we get this 100mb is money. Both ntl and Telewest are in hugely in debt and according to the Telwest merger document I received yestesday, the merger is going to cost a hell of a lot more money. The more in debt a company is the less it can borrow and has to pay higher rates. Will ntl have enough dosh to roll this 100MB out, or this just a pipe dream? Wouldn't it be more sensible to offer the customer fibre to the home, charge the customer a few 100 quid installation, then offer as much speed, hdtv, vod, catv services etc as can be pumped down the pipe? All for a cost of course.
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I agree that switching off analogue will free up bandwidth, but I'm not sure if you are being optimistic on the timescale. There are still areas of NTL that can only get analogue, for example - I guess that will have to be addressed, first?
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Yes, and as I posted above this is because of money. Plus, there's nothing stopping BT offering fibre to the home and they don't even have to dig up streets, just connect another wire to their poles. They would really cause ntl problems. In America the former bells are now offering fibre to the home, posing a real threat to the cable cos there.