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Re:The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers by philjohn on Saturday June 27, 2020 @04:53AM (#23660443)
Same in the U.K. - except for Kingston upon Hull.

OFCOM sets the price Openreach is allowed to charge for FTTC or LLU access and that’s that. Hence we have tens of ISPs available in most areas that compete on cost and customer service.

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Re:The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers by Reason077 on Saturday June 27, 2020 @06:44AM (#23660948)
Openreach is not the only game in town in the UK. Virgin Media has their own extensive broadband network (hybrid fibre/coaxial). Smaller fibre-only ISPs such as Hyperoptic, Cityfibre, and Gigaclear also have their own physical infrastructure.

And wireless providers are now competing pretty effectively with consumer-grade fibre. (I'm happy getting 400 Mbit and streaming 1080p Stadia lag-free on Vodafone 5G for £30 a month - who even needs fibre!)

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Re:The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers by ClumsyPilot on Saturday June 27, 2020 @01:12PM (#23663046)
I have hyperoptic, and i will never give up fiber. You will have to pry it from my cold, dead hands!
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