In reply to a post by ian72:

It will be interesting to see what they do with 4G. There are cost requirements for the BDUK solutions that they have to meet - if they don't come within that envelope then they aren't considered suitable for BDUK.

Satellite is also considered a potential solution and definitely has its own set of problems but technically could meet the requirements of the tender. All we can do is wait and see at the moment.

I was told by superfast scotland that Satelite will not be considered a soloution (for me at least). This is probs because I live in a urban area.

I 100% believ they will scapegoat with 4G, despite the factyou cant really utilise it due to usage caps. but alas usage caps or usability are not considered. Its more a case of for the non FTTC people "can you get over 2MB" if yes then job done "change the stats!".

So Joe blogs who lives on a farm was getting say 0.5MB broadband, now gets 3 or 4 via 4G if he stuff tin foil up his sleeves, stands on the roof, holds the phone to the moon and hopes for a signal. Job Done! "change the stats"

Edited by deleted (Fri 01-Aug-14 10:37:43)

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

If you accept that may is not a 100% guarantee, but yes some other areas as staff become free have seen the FTTP construction catch up.

Ok, thanks Andrew, a few more cents in the happy Jar.