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This is basically what BT openreach is. A very heavily regulated utility.
by AlphaSite 9y ago
This is basically what BT openreach is. A very heavily regulated utility.
- rayiner 9y agoBT OpenReach is a regulated utility, but not a very heavily regulated utility. Ofcom did what the FCC managed to completely screw up: create an unbundling regime that still made investing in infrastructure worthwhile. The FCC set wholesale rates so low that it killed DSL as a viable competitor. Ofcom, meanwhile, conducted tons of economic analysis before privatizing BT, and set rates high enough where BT OpenReach is actually about as profitable as Comcast or TWC. (Of course, the new government is in the process of trying to completely screw up BT with new universal service obligations).