In reply to a post by RobertoS:

To extend that post to cover all the functions of and facilities/products Openreach provide, which others are doing in this thread, doesn't feel to me to be a valid thing to do.

The question made no reference to consumer, and was inspired by the efforts of Talk Talk and Sky to split Openreach from BT.

In which case:-

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I cannot believe such a question would have been worded as the OP is. It would surely have been more direct, such as "What does Openreach do as well as supply consumer^* lines?"
_{* - Including business lines.}

It does plenty that is nothing whatsoever to do with things "at the exchange end". You could have simply asked the question you wanted answered. Your question gives no clue whatsoever to what you now say inspired it.

However, I see after people were confused, you did explain yourself later.

Edited by RobertoS (Sat 10-Oct-15 19:45:36)

The reality is that Ofcom has a complex task ahead and in a climate where there is massive pressure for 100% coverage which is much higher than the pressure for cheaper services.

His follow up question mentioned backhaul which is why we mentioned it too

In reply to a post by Icaras:

Very rare to see a manhole outside of an exchange that says Easynet or Sky on it,

My local market town exchange has manhole covers and duct routes from Vodafone, Sprint, Eastern Group Telecom, Viatel, Cable and Wireless, Telewest amongst many others outside. Of course none of them offer alternative connectivity FTTC/P to any residential customers.

But more to the point. I've never seen a manhole cover or pole with Openreach written on it.

They all have BT stamped as owners.

We know who owns the pension deficit of Openreach, BT. None of the other players contribute. Who owns the outside plant? Poles, structures and duct routes that have both Openreach and BT Wholesale cables and tubes contained within.

That's just your market town. There may be reasons for that.

As a general rule in most towns or villages you'll only see manhole covers with BT, GPO or PO on (ie all Openreach). In cities or larger towns you'll see all sorts though. But they never say Openreach on them, even the brand new ones say BT.

In answer to who owns outside plant, it's Openreach. I don't know why you'd think Wholesale would own that.

Edited by deleted (Sun 11-Oct-15 12:33:15)