Peter - just to add to Mike's comment on the cable situation - MK was cabled in part due to a "terrain shadow" problem with signals from Sandy Heath.
As Mike says the system is owned by BT but administration (billing) done by Virgin under the terms of their multi million pound annual lease agreement. There are suggestions this comes up for renewal in 2012 so we could see Virgin try to force their hand over greater access to the network in return for digital TV and broadband upgrades.
Or alternatively, the lease arrangement could end with BT either discontinuing the network or upgrading it into a BT Vision style service to compete with paytv companies like Virgin.
BT won't sell the network off outright as it passes through it's own ducts and green street cabinets and everyone knows how reluctant they are to let rivals access their infrastructure, though the hope is Ofcom may finally put a stop to that...
Wednesday 8 June 2011 8:45PM
Peter - just to add to Mike's comment on the cable situation - MK was cabled in part due to a "terrain shadow" problem with signals from Sandy Heath.
As Mike says the system is owned by BT but administration (billing) done by Virgin under the terms of their multi million pound annual lease agreement. There are suggestions this comes up for renewal in 2012 so we could see Virgin try to force their hand over greater access to the network in return for digital TV and broadband upgrades.
Or alternatively, the lease arrangement could end with BT either discontinuing the network or upgrading it into a BT Vision style service to compete with paytv companies like Virgin.
BT won't sell the network off outright as it passes through it's own ducts and green street cabinets and everyone knows how reluctant they are to let rivals access their infrastructure, though the hope is Ofcom may finally put a stop to that...
Milton Keynes Cable Network And The Digital Switch Over
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