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UK ISPs oppose Birmingham broadband plan

article published on 22 October, 2012

BT and Virgin Media objection enrages Birmingham council. The city council plans to build a 100Mbps+ broadband network to serve areas of the city. It says that in some places, such as Digbeth, Eastside and the city's Jewellery Quarter, businesses do not have access to affordable high speed broadband. The council applied for funding from the European Commission State Aid to improve ... [ read the full article ]

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phobet

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26. October 2012 @ 22:20

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This is not surprising. Any time you have an incumbent telecommunications provider, they always try to keep competition away from their product territories. I think it's interesting to note that they couch their objections in terms that suggest that they're looking out for the interests of the local people. Both companies are "for profit" companies, so their primary interests are to obtain that profit. If both companies interest in profits aligned with the local people's interest in obtaining affordable high speed broadband access, then this wouldn't be an issue, as they would have taken steps to improve the infrastructure they have deployed, while also cheapening the cost. But if the people that are affected can only go to one or two companies for broadband, then there is no incentive to improve. You're stuck with what you get, and tough cookies if it's not enough. I think this should serve as a wake up call for all providers that if they continue under serve their customers, then someone will come along, remove their monopoly, and provide the level of service that *should* be provided. They won't make dime, and they will become as irrelevant as they deserve to be.

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