I think Disgusting is the correct term for the UK's pathetic effort at FTTP/H
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Look at our roll-out compared to the rest of Europe. Openreach promised 2.5 million homes would have FTTP by 2015 and achieved less than 250,000. For an industry that is almost a monopoly in the UK, I think even the Soviet Union did a better job. We are not a third world or war torn country, we allegedly have great infrastructure, so why are we so sloooooooow at providing what most of Europe seems to have achieved far more successfully? As of May 2019 Openreach still hadn't met the 2.5 million target (May 2019 - 2.486 million) promised in 2015, which is only 4 years overdue.
Why are many customers still forced to have a phone-line? 96% of UK households use mobiles. Openreach's roll-out policy and pricing tariffs are out-dated and need a huge overhaul much like the BBC.