Re: Korea prepares for 1 Gbps broadband

On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 17:26:24 -0000, "Graham J"
<graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]



BT can do fibre a bit cheaper, because they have the ducts already. UT its
still a huge risk whenever they ay a high speed fiber on a one year
contract.

I'm told that BT would make a net profit on the sale of the copper ...

Probably not at the moment - it seems there's some sort of a recession
and the Chinese have stopped buying it!!
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Cheers

Peter
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