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Networks in 2016: A full fibre diet for UK.gov

EnviableOne

Re: Such a Pity The RoW Has Got IT All Wrong

BT had the best network in the world in 1978 and then sat on its arse for 20 years while the rest of the world kept innovating and overtook it. If they had attempted to maintain the number one spot, we would have had a fibre infrastructure in the late 80s and universal 100Mbps by now.

Having worked for several BTW suppliers, I found myself on several occasions fixing lines at 500kbps just to get people some sort of stable connection for rural areas.

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