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MP tells broadband companies they must share infrastructure (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 3 days ago by Mex to c/uk_infrastructure

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[–] fakeman_pretendname 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes please! Most of the streets near me have been dug up three or four times now, over the last few years, for new companies to put identical cables next to the other company's cables, because they don't want to pay the rental or whatever it is.

I'm sure the extra telegraph poles are even more annoying.

[–] GreatAlbatross 3 points 2 days ago

Funny how the MPs get involved when people are complaining about new utility poles, not when it's going in the ground.

It's made worse by companies not telling anyone what they're up to until the last second.

We had contractors for two altnets digging at the same time at one point.

This is a good site for reading about it too (I think I've seen you post ispreview before, but here it is anyway): https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2024/09/telecoms-minister-updates-on-effort-to-limit-uk-broadband-poles-via-infrastructure-sharing.html