droitwich has fttpod

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in the case of someone renting a landlord might invest, but the problem is the landlord would also be commiting to a retail isp the tenant may not want, the landlord cannot invest just in the underlying cable itself.

Your BQM is interesting...

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

RobertoS got it from what you quoted in your post that he was replying to .

In turn the source of it was a fairly sizable ISP speaking with me about the product and their potential plans for it.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Any awful lot can happen in 36 months !

Too right it can. 12 years ago I moved into a new house and two years later I had to sell it as part of a divorce settlement.

maybe in 5 years to sign up to broadband one needs an extensive credit check so they can be approved for the 20 year commitment.

Errr - you have that wrong Chrysalis.

The broadband will be about the same price as now. It's the line rental and calls that will need that.

Edited by RobertoS (Sun 22-Dec-13 09:32:17)

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

It's all well and good not planning on moving. Given 1 in 6 home owners would be put into deep excreta by a relatively modest interest rate increase and hardly anyone has a totally secure job it seems very few indeed could be assured they'd be safe.

If you have no outstanding mortgage and a fixed, guaranteed income perhaps you're fine. For those who aren't retired / buy to let landlords / independently wealthy / baby boomers it's a quite different story.

I hate to say it, but maybe this product isn't actually intended for everyone to take advantage of. There seems to be a certain amount of entitlement floating around, to the tune of "there's a fast product available right to my door, but it's priced too expensively and the terms are too constrictive for me to take advantage of".

This is an expensive product, that seems to be there to fill a niche requirement, at least in the short term. If someone doesn't have the income, or the stability of accommodation, to take advantage of it, then they can't have it.

I personally would rather the terms were shorter, and the cost lower, but I'm very lucky to have a good job, and some savings to cover it. All I need is for Openreach to get a move on and enable my local exchange, so that I can actually see if it's a viable option.

(PS this response is not intended as a personal attack on Ignitionnet, his/her post was just the one I responded to, as it summed up the sentiments that were expressed by a few posters.)

In reply to a post by mrkelly:

I hate to say it, but maybe this product isn't actually intended for everyone to take advantage of. There seems to be a certain amount of entitlement floating around, to the tune of "there's a fast product available right to my door, but it's priced too expensively and the terms are too constrictive for me to take advantage of".

This is an expensive product, that seems to be there to fill a niche requirement, at least in the short term. If someone doesn't have the income, or the stability of accommodation, to take advantage of it, then they can't have it.

I personally would rather the terms were shorter, and the cost lower, but I'm very lucky to have a good job, and some savings to cover it. All I need is for Openreach to get a move on and enable my local exchange, so that I can actually see if it's a viable option.

(PS this response is not intended as a personal attack on Ignitionnet, his/her post was just the one I responded to, as it summed up the sentiments that were expressed by a few posters.)

No attack taken Mr Kelly you are absolutely spot on. I know this product isn't intended for everyone and, indeed, isn't intended for most people. It's intended for a 'sweet spot' of SMEs and home offices.

This product has an intentionally small niche to avoid it impinging too heavily on leased line revenues and to keep take up low.

For all the complaining about its cost at very least the first install to a street costs Openreach a ton of money, absolutely no question.

Initially you need to be on a FTTC capable line, but suspect this will relax slightly in time once the demand levels for FTTPoD show it was worth doing