Suffolk market town said to be leading the way to a new digital world with the next step towards upgrading from analogue to digital services homes and businesses now not able to buy copper broadband if they are upgrading, regrading or switching provider from May onwards.
Openreach out and hike prices on legacy fixed-line products: Broadband plumber pulls trigger after Ofcom gives the nod
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Matthew Hughes Thu 1 Apr 2021 // 09:05 UTC Share
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Openreach has said it will raise the cost of installing and delivering certain “legacy” wholesale products, including FTTC and copper, in order to spread the cost of the ongoing full-fibre rollout.
With Ofcom removing cost-based pricing on copper products, Openreach is able to distribute its infrastructure costs across all customers, and not just those that have opted for a faster (and thus costlier) full fibre connection. Price controls on full-fibre connections are not expected to kick in until 2031 at the earliest.