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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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