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Chrysalis · 21-04-2007, 19:11

Had a debate with someone on irc earlier about this and this was more or less the conclusion of it, not looking good for the uk.

Ofcom don't want BT to do anything that noone else can do as it would be a regulation nightmare this includes FTTH, the good news is tho FTTC is doable as they have cracked SLU (sub loop unbundling) althought its probably not viable for anyone to do it other then BT wholesale.
Sky the dominent tv carrier wont want IPTV to take off and this also is a detterent for new companies to start such a service.
Ultimately without IPTV there isnt much that may stimulate a need for next generation communications infrastructure, short distance copper loops are decent, cable is decent, its long distance copper loops that are the problem and fixing this has little financial return.

21-04-2007, 19:11	#9
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Leics Age: 29 Services: none Posts: 5,678	Re: Is IPTV currently viable? Had a debate with someone on irc earlier about this and this was more or less the conclusion of it, not looking good for the uk. Ofcom don't want BT to do anything that noone else can do as it would be a regulation nightmare this includes FTTH, the good news is tho FTTC is doable as they have cracked SLU (sub loop unbundling) althought its probably not viable for anyone to do it other then BT wholesale. Sky the dominent tv carrier wont want IPTV to take off and this also is a detterent for new companies to start such a service. Ultimately without IPTV there isnt much that may stimulate a need for next generation communications infrastructure, short distance copper loops are decent, cable is decent, its long distance copper loops that are the problem and fixing this has little financial return.