> everyone sells DSL as "fibre" ... This also makes it much harder for companies that sell real fibre. Great point. FTTC is sold as a "fibre" product when it'

> everyone sells DSL as "fibre" ... This also makes it much harder for companies that sell real fibre. Great point. FTTC is sold as a "fibre" product when it's not, really. But customers are wising up. Those that don't live right next to the cabinet know there's a difference. Also, fiber is cheaper to deliver -- e.g. in a pure-fiber setup one can get 1Gbps up and down for around £30 a month, which is a massive win compared to pricing for FTTC which has to factor in the cost of maintaining the legacy copper network. Funnily, BT's sales team assured me multiple times that G.Fast was a fibre product and that I should "upgrade" to it (I have FTTH).