BT to lose NGA race?

Is it not a fact that BT will not commit to a major rollout of its next-generation access (NGA) technology

until it gets a substantial injection of money from the government (BT broadband map has wrong co-ordinates)?

I would suggest that on its own, BT has neither the financial nor manpower resources to deliver the NGA speeds today’s businesses require. It has cut back on investment, got rid of hundreds of its highly skilled people, and it cannot spend more than it has committed to the City without it affecting its share price.

The result, I would suggest, is that unless it gets support from the government, its deployment of high-speed digital access will be painfully slow.

NGA does not require the copper in the ground that BT used to play as its trump card. The key will be to have optical points of presence where the customer wants them.This is where BT’s competitors can take advantage if BT maintains its current strategy of slow deployment due to its financial constraints.

Steve Guzy