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I think the most impressive thing was how they lined up support _before_ deploying the network. That seems like a win for everyone involved, as they don't have
by Xichekolas 17y ago
I think the most impressive thing was how they lined up support _before_ deploying the network. That seems like a win for everyone involved, as they don't have to make huge speculative capital outlays... they already know they will have customers. Presumably the customers reap the cost savings in the form of lower bills.
- axod 17y agoBT did this with the ADSL rollout in the UK. They only upgraded exchanges where the demand from locals went over a threshold. It actually angered quite a few towns and villages that didn't have sufficient percentage interest to get their exchange upgraded to handle ADSL. They had to do their own local canvasing etc which I guess was a good way to get people to do marketing for free.
- imajes 17y agowhat's really interesting about this is how BT are going to be pushing through their ADSL2/fiber upgrade- they need to make it commercially viable so are going to be requiring some strict resale restrictions etc. :(