I was thinking as I was reading the article, I wish some of the knowledgable types could get their points across in the official documents. It turns out you were ahead of my thinking
As a relative layman when it comes to the technical side of things, it as always puzzled me why BT/OR seem to have been so over regulated. It is like Ofcom haven't moved on from when BT were a nationalised company. I understand the regulation in the early days to make sure they were heading in the right direction. But there really needs to be a forward thinking plan especially about turning off copper. It's like the talking heads of the government bodies are stuck in the past.
On the other hand other companies seem to get hardly any regulation. If BT/OR were treated like the other companies we might be further along in to the future by now.