Commenting on Ofcom’s plans to encourage investment in full-fibre networks and promote competition as plan of its Wholesale Local Access Market Review, Richard Neudegg, head of regulation at Uswitch.com, comments: “Ofcom’s proposals to cut the wholesale price Openreach can charge retail providers for its up to 40Mbit/s superfast fibre for the first time should lead to the price of these services coming down for consumers from 2018.
“This move is recognition that superfast broadband is increasingly becoming the new normal when it comes to the speed consumers expect from their internet provider.
“In return for controls on some superfast wholesale prices, Openreach will have flexibility on its emerging ultrafast services, such as G.Fast. The hope is this will help keep the investment going to upgrade the UK’s digital infrastructure.
“The new rules will also place the impetus on Openreach to up their game on repairing faults and installing new broadband lines – this should help to reduce fears of broadband blackouts, that research shows puts some consumers off moving to better services.”
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