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And yet BT is pretty much the definition of anti-competitive now anyway, and it's that monopoly which is killing progress today.
by wjoe 8y ago
And yet BT is pretty much the definition of anti-competitive now anyway, and it's that monopoly which is killing progress today.
- matthewmacleod 8y agoIs that really true? What's stopping alternative companies from rolling out fibre services, beyond the cost barriers?
- PaulKeeble 8y agoThe contract that BT signed with the government for all the funding granting it a duopoly with Virgin, where Virgin isn't going to increase the cable network at all. That combined with the wayleave issues at a local council level being waved just for them means that the preferred rollout partner in BT gets all the money, all the profits from it and has all the access. About the only nationwide competition that is even remotely happening is from Hyperoptic and they are being blocked all over the place and they are also really laser focussed only on high-density buildings.
- matthewmacleod 8y agoThat totally sucks. Someone should really force a lawsuit on the issue.
- tobylane 8y agoWhich BT are you talking about? BT the end user ISP or BT Openreach, the owner of the phone lines? Both have large oversight from Ofcom, the most visible of all the regulators.