Cable Broadband
I really don’t understand the UK. BT have announced that they are preparing to roll out a multi million pound scheme for installing more cable broadband in the UK. This will see a good proportion of us move from copper wires to fiber optic for our broadband, telephone and media content. This is great news and I applaud it, I’d snap their hand, no arm off if I could get it at home. And this is where I don’t understand the UK. I live in a street that is about 5 years old, 5 years ago it was development land, now it’s a new housing estate. The roads were constructed and gas, water, electricity, phone and drainage were installed… er… but no cable. Around me are thousands of new homes being constructed, Telford is exploding with new housing, and roads… er… but no cable.
So, along come BT in a year or so and… er… dig up the roads to lay cable. I just don’t understand.
I do understand that laying cable is expensive, but not as expensive as putting it in retrospectively surely? I would have had cable from day one, and by looking at the amount of Sky dishes on the houses around me, I reckon most other people would have too. I know lots of people in Telford who would love cable. So it’s a good announcement – don’t get me wrong I’m pleased.
In the same news report there was a line from Virgin that said we already offer what BT are proposing and it’s available today. Hang on Virgin! Not round here it’s not. And not in many parts of the country it’s not. But after BT do their stuff it will be. Virgin must be rubbing their hands with glee at all the prospective new customers they can get after BT puts in the infrastructure. But you know what? I’d make Virgin and Telewest and all the other cable companies pay for some of the upgrade, I really don’t see why it’s up to BT to do it all.
And another thing I’d do, is employ someone with some forethought and see that when building new estates installing future proof technology upfront is the way to go, should save us all a small fortune in the long run.
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