Comments on: British Regulators Prescribe More Fiber for ISPs http://gigaom.com/2008/07/08/british-regulators-prescribe-more-fiber-for-isps/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:50:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jamalystic http://gigaom.com/2008/07/08/british-regulators-prescribe-more-fiber-for-isps/#comment-206505 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:50:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14069#comment-206505 The article you referenced in PCAdvisor mentioned about giving a favourable rate of reture to firms that invest in fibre and i want to believe that government should involve heavily if the notion of a ‘universal’ bandwidth is to be realized as stipulated by this article:FTTH: Coming From a Government Near You( http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=561&doc_id=148317&F_src=flftwo)

]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2008/07/08/british-regulators-prescribe-more-fiber-for-isps/#comment-206504 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:52:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14069#comment-206504 Paul, thanks for the insight. I admit I am eager to see what they come up with, but if it’s what you’re saying, then yes, we’ve been there in the U.S. and that’s not exciting.

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2008/07/08/british-regulators-prescribe-more-fiber-for-isps/#comment-206503 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:54:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14069#comment-206503 Stacey, I think you’ve misunderstood was the regulator was saying.

The likes of BT have had to offer wholesale connectivity services to ISPs because the infrastructure they inherited from public must be opened up on an equal access basis.

There has been much discussion about next-generation networks in the UK with the big providers saying that (i) there isn’t a particularly good FTTx business case except for green field sites (ii) there’s no way they’ll do it if they are forced to open it up to third parties as the return will not be as great.

So all the regulator has done is made a concession on point (ii). There is no guaranteed return for telcos deploying fibre, only that any fibre that is deployed will not forceably be opened up to competitors.

]]> By: Allen http://gigaom.com/2008/07/08/british-regulators-prescribe-more-fiber-for-isps/#comment-206502 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:40:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14069#comment-206502 It really comes down to how they “guarantee a financial rate of return on fiber rollouts”. I can only think of a few ways to do that: government subsidies and/or price controls that favour the telco.

You can get that in the US too.

]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2008/07/08/british-regulators-prescribe-more-fiber-for-isps/#comment-206501 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:54:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14069#comment-206501 Vinnie, excellent post. Sad situation. Sigh…

]]> By: vinnie mirchandani http://gigaom.com/2008/07/08/british-regulators-prescribe-more-fiber-for-isps/#comment-206500 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:17:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14069#comment-206500 there you go “unfairly maligning” US telecoms again :)

see

http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_architect/2008/06/us-telecom-industry-unfairly-maligned.html

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