That Sky's intentions are thus is not a surprise to me.

That Sky are sounding, somewhat, sympathetic or understanding towards BTW is very surprising - at least while there is still an advantage to be gained from ongoing bombast.

Does this tell us that the behind-the-scenes work for BT to reach an agreement with their CPs over Ofcom's strategy (such as changes to the management structure of Openreach) have borne fruit?

Or ...

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

Sky aren't fans of long term investment on the whole anyway.

Perhaps they felt the need to publicly reassure their own investors that, no, they're not daft enough to use their money that way.

The article implied enough problems with short-term investment, especially in Germany. I wonder how DT's approach with VDSL2+vectoring affects the TV market over there.

Or ...

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

Others who are should show their faces shortly.

Perhaps they've reach an agreement with "A N Other" over wholesaling that product, and this niceness with BT is a red herring.

I'd love a Tesla .. but then we'd be arguing about wholesale electricity costs right ?

Very well said MHC.