Re: " the economic case for Openreach to deploy FTTP"
Collins claimed that by Openreach’s own analysis, if alternative operators build competing FTTP networks, potentially using Openreach ducts and poles, the economic case for Openreach to deploy FTTP in the same area "is weakened considerably”.
Disagree, BT/Openreach in this communication have effectively aligned their interests. So the economic case for Openreach to deploy in an area with a competitive FTTP network is whether Openreach stand to gain business from the 580 ISP's who act as resellers. Now if the alternative operator also had an access obligation so that they had to allow other ISPs to piggyback on their network then things might look different. This is because as we already know, the majors aren't selling pure broadband they are selling their blend of quadplay services.
Also if BT/Openreach engineers (or certified engineers) have to be used, there is nothing preventing BT from also laying fibre for it's own purposes...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
