Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain
by arethuza on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @09:15AM
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"Govt is subsidising infrastructure providers to the tune of £3000 to £4000"
I live in a rural area in Scotland, until recently we only had 20 Mbps down and 1 up. I had enquired to a specialist ISP about installing fibre and they quoted £7000 to do an estimate - which I interpreted as "please go away".
BT/Openreach came along and installed full FTTP - which I am very happy about but I did wonder how commercially sensible it was with us paying £50 a month or so...
I live in a rural area in Scotland, until recently we only had 20 Mbps down and 1 up. I had enquired to a specialist ISP about installing fibre and they quoted £7000 to do an estimate - which I interpreted as "please go away".
BT/Openreach came along and installed full FTTP - which I am very happy about but I did wonder how commercially sensible it was with us paying £50 a month or so...