£150,000 for Broadband?

Richard Dower

http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/28052010/389/pound-150-000-broadband.html

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Nietzschean

frankly i don't see the issue, if it would cost BT 150k to install the equipment for her to get bb then why should they pay? and what relevance does it have that she's a pensioner?

most of the rest of the article just seems silly too..

stevek93

In no way was it the the pensioner who should have to pay the 150k, BT are providing a service to a customer in which there usually billed monthly not funding to get bb into the area.

blaz

BT is *not* providing service, that's the whole point. "The pensioner" obviously wanted to get service and BT quoted what it would cost to provide her service. I don't see an issue here, just some reporters trying to dig out a story where there is none.

There is obviously cost associated with providing broadband. In densely populated areas this cost is shared among many subscribers. If you live in the middle of nowhere the cost is obviously higher as it can not be shared, that's why you often can't get broadband in the middle of nowhere. If you insist that you really want to get broadband, well, you a get a quote like the one in this example.

Cryos

blaz wrote: »

BT is *not* providing service, that's the whole point. "The pensioner" obviously wanted to get service and BT quoted what it would cost to provide her service. I don't see an issue here, just some reporters trying to dig out a story where there is none.

There is obviously cost associated with providing broadband. In densely populated areas this cost is shared among many subscribers. If you live in the middle of nowhere the cost is obviously higher as it can not be shared, that's why you often can't get broadband in the middle of nowhere. If you insist that you really want to get broadband, well, you a get a quote like the one in this example.

Agreed, its nice to see that they gave the option (Eircom could take note)! You would then ask the question, putting a Fixed Wimax station somewhere near the nearest backhaul, would it reduce the cost over the Copper service BT presumably quoted for.

They should just pop down to the Local o2 or vodafone shop and get a dongle!.

thebman

Its a headline grabber and as you can see the reporter is using it to attract people to the article and then writing down other problems with UK broadband below it to increase awareness.

If it just said, 5 problems with UK broadband, the number of people reading the article would be lower.

wheresmybeaver

Richard Dower wrote: »

http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/28052010/389/pound-150-000-broadband.html

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BT were willing to pay the first £8,000 in fairness. Wouldn't catch Eircom doing that

thefinalstage

wheresmybeaver wrote: »

BT were willing to pay the first £8,000 in fairness. Wouldn't catch Eircom doing that

Eircom usually pay for half of an installations cost in the back end of no where.