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Story: Ofcom pours cold water on fibre in the local loop
Beaten by the laws of physics
I don't know - I have to disagree with you slightly here. First of all, I do feel sorry for you getting nothing faster than a 512Kbps connection. Beaten by the law of physics: after 2 miles, DSL does degrade rapidly. The problem is, fibre to the home is expensive. NTL and Telewest did that in the 1990s - then both sought bankruptcy protection several years later. BT is only really comtemplating fibre for large greenfield sites and for large businesses. We are in danger of a digital divide, but there are precious few sensible solutions to stop it.
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