tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612590067449176636.post3677168036789545438..comments2023-10-18T08:32:16.879+01:00Comments on TelcoTorment - undergoing redesign: Sky plead for Openreach separation - FTTPRCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038433529781216579noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612590067449176636.post-66879164084274877032016-03-02T16:17:40.475+00:002016-03-02T16:17:40.475+00:00Well no point debating now on what ofcom should do...Well no point debating now on what ofcom should do, the decision has been announced, I partially but not fully agree with your comments regarding sky, but both companies are ultimately the same in your ending notes which is bT's CEO also works for his own shareholders in maximising their returns, and of course BT also cross subsidise services, they offer free sport TV to broadband subscribers. Both companies are guilty of using line rental + call revenue to subsidise other parts of their business.<br /><br />Ofcom seem to want to now regulate the QoS from openreach, but still without enforcing openreach to be liable to the end user directly, something which I think will be very hard to do, because end users cannot easily communicate directly with ofcom meaning ofcom will have a hard time of keeping data and enforcing its own rules upon openreach.<br /><br />If sky had their own way and openreach was split off, I dont understand how that would have given them a free FTTP network with no investment from themselves, because as a stakeholder they would have had to put money into the pot for the investment they said they wanted, since ofcom of course has not forced the split, we will never know what sky's true intentions were. But I do think you have painted a picture which is too one sided. Remember BT did not originally build their current copper network, they themselves purchased it from the state when it was privatised. The current FTTC program is their first local real network investment.chrcolukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286563087540322040noreply@blogger.com