News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Level3 is without peer, now what to do?. Parent comment

Re:Level3 is without peer, now what to do? by ctz on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @08:20PM (#7776008)
> The organisation responsible for last mile connections is Openreach

About 30% of UK homes are also served by ex-Telewest/NTL/Virgin Media cable. The last mile arrangements for that are almost identical to how AIUI things work in the US: the whole line from your door to the internet is owned and operated by one company, and there is no LLU-like competition.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Level3 is without peer, now what to do? by josephlord on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @06:41AM (#7777509)
Yes but the key difference is the word "also". Those 30% have an additional choice over the services using OpenReach final mile connections. In the US many people only have the one service that owns the cable and the service.
[ Parent | on HN ]