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Originally Posted by Neil
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
I strongly disagree Neil. LLU fell flat on its ass for me and im sure a lot of other people.You know full well that adsl and vdsl will work for some but not the majority.NTL and Telewest if they lay more cables and cover the country will take reliance away from BT.But with BT's network in the shape it is it will hold broadband back in this country indefinately.
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So instead of BT having the high speed BB monopoly, we let ntl/TW have the monopoly instead?
Now there's a frightening thought.....  |
Actually, I can see both your point and Zing's. While ANY monopoly is bad, BT probably need to spend many billions replacing/repairing/upgrading the lines from their exchanges to people's houses/businesses. LLU connections would suffer because of a bad line, but the user would still have to go to BT to get the line fixed.
My own phone line (from a pole in the street) was installed 30 years ago. It has had little or no maintenance, so would probably need to be replaced if I were to go to ADSL (of any kind). I suspect a LOT of BT's phone network is like that.