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BT Wholesale won't lift the stop-sale for one part of the country and not the other. It was a misleading article by ISPReview as Openreach never had a stop-sale on FTTPoD.
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AndyH is strictly correct in that the suspension came from BTW rather than Openreach, but the impact is almost identical - there is no-one to order it from.
However, I reckon both TBB and ISPReview are closer to the mark than AndyH on the Welsh-specific impact.
According to this government press release, coming from the Welsh Office in Westminster in July, negotiations with BT have indeed triggered the availability of FTTPoD, "to the majority of premises in Wales", "by the end of summer 2015".
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-42000-more-premises-in-wales-set-to-receive-superfast-broadb...TBB reported on this press release originally, with a noteworthy update:
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Update 7pm The original UK Government article has now been tweaked to clarify the position on Fibre on Demand and has changed from:
"This is a business-focussed Ultrafast broadband technology, which will be immediately available to the majority of premises in Wales, and only in Wales"
to
Through negotiations with BT “Fibre on Demand” will be available across the majority of Wales. This is a business-focussed Ultrafast broadband technology, which will be available by the end of summer 2015 to the majority of premises in Wales" |
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/7038-42-000-more-premsies-to-get-superfast-broadband-in-wales.htm...What the press release was changed
from heavily suggests that Wales alone will be the "lucky" recipient, with the rest of the country waiting for FOD2 trials to continue in Gosforth and Huntingdon.
Plusnet Customer
Using FTTC since 2011. Currently on 80/20 Unlimited Fibre Extra.
