* Posts by Colin

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BT declares ceasefire in broadband speed wars

Colin

FTTH is 30% of Japanese Market

I live in Japan now, where fibre to the home has been aggressively rolled out by the incumbent Telco (NTT) and some of the electricity companies. Residential penetration of this is now 30% of broadband homes (yes, you did read that right). And it's mostly 1 Gbit/s, not 100 Mbit/s. No capping, no metering.

It seems obvious to me for UK PLC to compete and keep up internationally there has to be a plan to roll out fibre. Where is the political debate on this issue? Where's the action from BT?

Copper had a good run for 100 years, but it's time to move on.