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That's essentially the way the UK market operates, albeit with one company (BT OpenReach) owning the last mile. We have tens of companies that use their networ
by philjohn 8y ago
That's essentially the way the UK market operates, albeit with one company (BT OpenReach) owning the last mile.
We have tens of companies that use their network for the last mile and then take over transit at 27 POPs over the country (unless they want to pay BT for transit as well).
And the best bit? We have an equivalent of the FCC (OFCOM) who regulate the price that BT is able to charge for access to this network, and to spur investment into faster solutions (g.fast and FTTP) they have recently reduced the amount BT can charge.
We also have the AltNets snipping at BT's heels, GigaClear, Hyperoptic, B4RN, TrueSpeed, who are rolling out full fibre networks in different parts of the country.
And all of this means prices are generally lower too - Vodafone offer 76 down 20 up using BT's national FTTC infrastructure for $34 a month for totally unlimited use, and that also includes telephone line rental.