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If they were truly interested in promoting competition, they would make it easier for new companies to offer broadband rather than forcing them to go through an
by richcollins 15y ago
If they were truly interested in promoting competition, they would make it easier for new companies to offer broadband rather than forcing them to go through an incumbent.
- timthorn 15y agoThe incumbent is split into separate organisations, which are effectively not allowed to communicate behind closed doors. BT Openreach provides access to the local loop, whereas BT Retail sells broadband to consumers. The setup is designed so that other ISPs have exactly the same interface to BT Openreach as BT Retail. BT offered this arrangement to avoid being broken up - look up the "General Conditions of Entitlement" for more detail.
- oelewapperke 15y agoAnd that's great if you want to resell BT's normal ADSL line. You can't do anything else using that particular interface. There is, unfortunately, no affordable real unbundling (as in "deliver the copper to my equipment") in the UK.