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Exactly, it's absurd. For a little more detail, this is Stamford Lincs. As well as BT installing FTTP we also have Upp Broadband and LightSpeed Broadband instal
by samwillis 3y ago
Exactly, it's absurd. For a little more detail, this is Stamford Lincs. As well as BT installing FTTP we also have Upp Broadband and LightSpeed Broadband installing their own infrastructure.
https://www.upp.com/ https://www.upp.com/
https://www.lightspeed.co.uk/ https://www.lightspeed.co.uk/
They have had to make some of the underground junction boxes bigger to fit all the kit in.
My only thought is that they hoped to get their kit in quicker than BT and get brought out. Clearly the aim of these regional companies is to eventually be acquired by larger national ISPs.
- foldr 3y agoSounds oddly like the early days of the London Underground. So many weird station layouts in the modern system are the result of multiple separate systems run by private companies later being combined. There's an excellent YouTube channel about it: https://www.youtube.com/@JagoHazzard https://www.youtube.com/@JagoHazzard