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The line is usually owned by either Openreach, Virgin, CityFibre, or a smaller local provider. The "ISP" is a reseller that gives you a modem, router, etc. it's
by maccard 3y ago
The line is usually owned by either Openreach, Virgin, CityFibre, or a smaller local provider. The "ISP" is a reseller that gives you a modem, router, etc. it's not really that competitive in reality
- darreninthenet 3y agoI'm not sure I agree, the ISP rents the bandwidth off the "main" provider on equal terms so the competition stems from the quality of the support and service that comes with that... there's a reason why AA have such an outstanding reputation and also why they aren't the cheapest.
- xbmcuser 3y agoThat is how it should be infrastructure is government funded people compete to provide services on it. Just like most roads/highways are. Asking 4-5 different isp to do the infrastructure independently would increase costs by 4-5 times then they would be competing for customers so payback period for infrastructure investment is up in the air. This is the main reason USA has problems with monopolistic isp as who the fuck invest in infrastructure when another isp is already there. So they all build in there own areas and cost of infrastructure become the most that keeps other out.
- jjbinx007 3y agoWe had fibre laid a couple of years back but for some reason I can choose City Fibre based ISPs OR Virginmedia on the same line. I don't think I've ever seen that before, they usually don't share their infrastructure like this. I can't get Openreach-based FTTC ISPs though.