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BT opens up broadband network to rivals

Posted 8th February 2010 at 12:39pm by Kimberley Howson

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BT opens up broadband network to rivals

Leading broadband provider BT has announced plans to open up its underground ducts to rival firms, it has been reported.

According to the Financial Times, rival internet service providers will soon be able to run their own high-speed broadband networks using BT's infrastructure.

Competitors could now be able to lay fibre-optic cables without excessive disruption to road and communications links, the news provider stated.

BT's Chief Executive Ian Livingston said the firm had been talking to media regulator Ofcom since last year about opening up its infrastructure.

"Although it's unlikely to be the silver bullet to get fibre to every home, open access to all ducts, not just ours, might help BT and others extend coverage and so we would like to see a future government support such a move," he stated.

BT is currently leading UK attempts to improve broadband speeds and coverage by investing £1.5 billion in the national telephony network.

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    Peter Frustrated, 10th February 2010.

    Not being in a cable supply area, the continuity of internet connection via BT's landline is becoming untenable. When "the connection" goes down it usually takes 24 hours to re-establish it.

    At first I thought it was the ISP. But since purchasing a dongle, I've discovered that it is not the ISP's servers that are at fault. So where is the connection being lost?

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