Interesting article. So presumably all the DualCom UDLs that are now been pushed to us are for self insured risks only?

Slight thread hijack but, " £500 million per annum " to power telephone lines? I'm sure it all adds up, but that sounds like a
nonsence figure to me.

 

I can't ever see BT removing copper from the domestic home, even on new builds, ever, as long as they retain a legal or regulatory
responsability to provide an analogue adaptor and backup battery, that is. I know there have been trials but the idea that every home

would have a box the size of a suitcase by the front door, containing life limted batteries, life-limited overheating Chinese termination
equipment, despite the power being the householders responsability, is surely a rope around the neck of BT a magnitude greater

than just paying the electric bill and maintaining a 2.5" white plastic box in every house?

 

I think cellular wireless broadband at Gbps speeds inc. 'fixed wireless' PSTN will see the end of copper, not fibre.

 

Hey ho, off to WW1 in Cardiff on Thursday anyway, wonder if they'll mention it?!

What will this cell network use to communicate with other cells?

I do see the end of copper.

What will this cell network use to communicate with other cells?

I do see the end of copper.

 

Fibre will have a place on the backhaul of course - but as DD said, for the last mile it will almost certainly be wireless that replaces copper in the end.

Fibre will have a place on the backhaul of course - but as DD said, for the last mile it will almost certainly be wireless that replaces copper in the end.

 

Yes, thats what I meant, obviously for DSL purposes fibre is already replacing copper as far as the end of your street, certainly round our way its hard to find any streets without the new jumbo green cabinets left! Even 10+ years ago when I lived in Plymouth we were told we couldn't get (the then very new) ADSL because the whole estate ran off some sort of POTS wiring concentrator powered by a single fibre! Progress eh?!