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12-03-2007, 09:04 AM
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The UK is concerned that they're falling behind the broadband curve, and are looking for ways to expand and speed up connectivity. The BBC says that incumbent British Telecom is unwilling (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7116596.stm) to spend the money necessary for widespread FTTH connectivity. Both British regulators and British Telecom are suggesting that the need for such bandwidth is "premature (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7114642.stm)." British Telecom is instead deploying limited ADSL2+ technology and offering speeds up to 25Mbps. You may recognize some of the rhetoric from across the pond:"No-one would be more delighted if a commercial incentive emerged that enabled us to fibre the nation," said Peter McCarthy-Ward, BT's director of equivalence. But he is not yet sure the demand is there. "We are not facing large numbers of people today who are constrained by their bandwidth," he said. Any commitment to a fibre network would need to be backed by reassurances from Ofcom (UK regulator) that it would be able to recoup its investment, he said.
As in the States, moving to FTTH may future-proof your network, but investors frequently lack the patience for returns on such an investment.
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The UK is concerned that they're falling behind the broadband curve, and are looking for ways to expand and speed up connectivity. The BBC says that incumbent British Telecom is unwilling (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7116596.stm) to spend the money necessary for widespread FTTH connectivity. Both British regulators and British Telecom are suggesting that the need for such bandwidth is "premature (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7114642.stm)." British Telecom is instead deploying limited ADSL2+ technology and offering speeds up to 25Mbps. You may recognize some of the rhetoric from across the pond:"No-one would be more delighted if a commercial incentive emerged that enabled us to fibre the nation," said Peter McCarthy-Ward, BT's director of equivalence. But he is not yet sure the demand is there. "We are not facing large numbers of people today who are constrained by their bandwidth," he said. Any commitment to a fibre network would need to be backed by reassurances from Ofcom (UK regulator) that it would be able to recoup its investment, he said.
As in the States, moving to FTTH may future-proof your network, but investors frequently lack the patience for returns on such an investment.
read comment(s) (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/UK-The-Need-For-Fiber-is-Premature-89904)