Comments on: ISPs plunge knife into BET technology #digitalbritain #finalthirdfirst

By: Fibrestream - NWDA NGA Consultation

Fibrestream - NWDA NGA Consultation — Mon, 31 May 2010 19:45:44 +0000

[...] is good to see that BT’s BET is rejected as being fit for purpose, as per http://staging.trefor.net/2010/04/20/isps-plunge-knife-into-bet-technology-digitalbritain-finalthirdfirs... and [...]

By: CommanderZendo

CommanderZendo — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:57:36 +0000

Indeed Trefor a very good summary of the proceedings indeed.
What got me was the blinkered view from product line. Is this attitude of “it’s just too costly to dig and put glass in” a real issue or simply they don’t have the foresight to make anything outside their comfort zone happen.

There’s alternatives as was highlighted and these should be exploited rather than this incessant push of copper based technology.

And I wish someone would just work out what is driving the need first then start planning infrastructure so we aren’t all running around trying to get a minimum 2mb for all then finding in 12 months time or sooner we have to start again as it’s simply not good enough.

By: tref

tref — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:22:06 +0000

Thanks for the kind words Paul

By: Paul Nash

Paul Nash — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:42:28 +0000

Excellent post. Finally starting to move away from the hysteria and making a well crafted business case. The BET product was never going to be a realistic option and the very fact that they are looking at FTTC and long line lengths proves the case.

There is a lot of work to be done in clarifying the process by which rural communities take hold of their own broadband future but, it will happen and well considered posts like this one will only drive the development of that process.

By: Ted King

Ted King — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:46:22 +0000

Re : Communities Banding Together
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GO RUTLAND !
http://www.rutlandtelecom.co.uk/lyddington/

By: cyberdoyle

cyberdoyle — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:24:51 +0000

hahahahahahahahahahahahahha alus said BET worra bad bet. Thank goodness the ISPs are saying the same or the copper cabal would have throttled us for another few decades. Great post, nice to hear this good news tref.