There is a lot of mileage in that bit of copper yet, vectoring, g.bond, g.fast and beyond will keep it working hard and going faster and faster.
And quite rightly so, everybody wants FTTP to very few people really want to pay for it. I recently elected that I wanted FTTP at my house (I have a reasonably serviceable 25Mbit/s FTTC service), unlike the vast majority I am lucky enough to own an ISP, even more so an ISP with code powers (so we can dig up the public highway at will), and an ISP fully accredited for PIA (we can lay our own fibre in BT ducts), an established contractor base with competitive buying rates, I also live in a suburban area of one of the UKs greatest second cities, and fortunately less than a few hundred meters from a major arterial route on which we have fibre I can 'tap into'. Despite all these things in my favor, the final setup cost of the install is going to be the thick end of £4k, admittedly we could have done things cheaper (we dug a new duct underground rather than going overhead), but the point is, installing fibre isn't cheap, especially if you want to do it reliably and with scale, and very few consumers have an appetite for anything beyond a basic setup fee. Regards... Ben On 22 March 2016 at 21:03, Evaldas P <[email protected]> wrote: > How sad to use BTs copper pair in 21st century :))) > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 22 Mar 2016, at 20:57, Neil J. McRae <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "Dodgy practises" - "Effectively admitted" > > > > What a load of old codswallop! > > > > Paul - get a hobby or a pet or something - and soon - please! > > > > Of course BT is the only company that charges line rental. > > > >>> On 22 Mar 2016, at 17:56, Paul Mansfield <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 22 March 2016 at 17:44, Joseph Waite wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On 22 Mar 2016, at 17:12, Paul Mansfield <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> "Householders signing up for broadband packages could be exempted from > >>>> the rental charge on their landline if they don't use it, under > >>> But the cost will just be added to the broadband so won't actually > effect the cost. But might lead to more transparent pricing! > >> > >> Initially it will, but transparency may lead to BT's dodgy practices > >> being more open to examination. > >> For example, BT effectively admitted that line rental charges > >> cross-subsidise the TV service and other things: > >> > >> > https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JwAhiHBnn5U/VvGGa7H7OQI/AAAAAAAAXps/xg_r8zaoywArf0j8f9jkLhttmvQVPtywgCCo/s720-Ic42/IMG_20160208_075828.jpg > >> > >> I was about to rip up the letter for recycling, but took a photo, so > >> sorry about the poor quality. > > > > -- Ben King <[email protected] <[email protected]>> *WarwickNet - The Business & Science Park ISP* Tel: 024 7699 7222 Mob: 07973 848007 http://www.warwicknet.com What we do - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OSNmyoRBLg
