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Gigabit and beyond: pricing and positioning strategies

  • While residential gigabit access has been technically feasible for years, few service providers have included it in their portfolios. It seemed highly unlikely that the customers would be willing to pay for such speeds, let alone actually perceive a change ...

More details on the B4RN FTTH model

Despite its naff title 'The Villagers Digging for Victory', this article in the Telegraph is actually pretty good and contributes a fair amount of detail on the financial model of B4RN, the community rural project in the UK

Benoit Felten - April 26, 2012 - Business Models, Opinions b4rn - community - ftth - rural - uk

The Importance of B4RN

It would be easy to dismiss the B4RN initiative in the UK as such a small scale approach that it is meaningless, and that's no doubt what the lobbyists who try to shape policy and regulation in the UK are

Benoit Felten - April 3, 2012 - Business Models, Opinions, Policy b4rn - broadband - community - ftth - rural - uk

CityFibre appoints Macquarie to put together financing plan

Uk_dpWhen it comes to discussing City Fibre Holdings, I'm not neutral, since Diffraction Analysis works as advisors to their board. So I won't say much in the way of commenting this announcement, except that I think it's significant in highlighting

Benoit Felten - November 3, 2011 - Fiber, Opinions cityfibre - ftth - uk

Hyperoptic: Hypercool or Hyperbole?

Uk_dpUK company Hyperoptic announced yesterday that its FTTH first customers were going live in Wandsworth, London, in a 133 flat estate called Price's Court. The UK tech press gave the announcement some coverage today, though not a huge amount, it

Benoit Felten - October 20, 2011 - Business Models, Opinions broadband - bt - fttp - gigabit - hyperoptic - services - uk

Is the Rainbow Revolution just round the corner?

Uk_dp James Enck doesn't blog near enough these days, although it's perfectly understandable considering his new role at CFH and his collaboration with Diffraction Analysis. But when he does, it's as good as ever, witty and insightful. 

A few months ago

Benoit Felten - August 29, 2011 - Non classé fiber - fibre - ftth - funding - investment - james enck - uk

PBS Documentary on Broadband in the UK and Netherlands

There's an excellent PBS documentary from their series Need to Know entitled High Fiber. It highlights the broadband successes in the UK and the Netherlands in contrast to the US broadband quality and price issues. Some of the more

Benoit Felten - June 3, 2011 - Opinions, Policy broadband - netherlands - policy - uk - us

UK FTTP scene crowded… with intentions!

Uk_dp Lately the UK broadband scene has seen a number of projects emerge. There's the Fujitsu/Virgin/Talk Talk announcement, the rebirth of CityFibre from the Ashes of i3, and now this new one called HyperOptic. In fact there are at least

Benoit Felten - May 23, 2011 - Business Models, Opinions broadband - bt - cityfibre - fiber - fibre - fttb - ftth - fttp - fujitsu - hyperoptic - market - talk talk - uk - virgin media

Fujitsu, Virgin and Talk Talk rock BT’s boat

Uk_dp (Note: whenever I mention BT in this post, I mean the BT group, including openreach, wholesale and retail)

Incumbents are facing a difficult conundrum as the market (slowly) shifts from copper to fiber. Short-term financial considerations (and shareholder

Benoit Felten - April 14, 2011 - Business Models, Opinions bt - cisco - fiber - fibre - fibre to the home - ftth - fujitsu - rural - talk talk - uk - virgin media

Friday Fiber New Roudup (Bouygues, Free, NZ and BT)

I haven't been very good at posting these last couples of weeks, for which I apologise. In case you're dying for some fiber news and more besides, here are a few links to satisfy your craving. I will make every

Benoit Felten - December 10, 2010 - Archive, Resources bt - fiber - fibre - france - free; bouygues - ftth - fttp - new zealand - sfr - telecom - uk

The trouble with ducts and poles

UK I have written in the past about passive infrastructure remedies to competition. Portugal is one country where such remedies seem to have had positive effects on the market. Applying similar remedies in the UK was a big part of the

Benoit Felten - November 29, 2010 - Opinions, Policy bt - competition - ducts - fttp - ofcom - poles - policy - regulation - rural broadband - uk

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