This topic seems to spark debates again, but I think the big clue is in this statement
“fibre broadband” lines and thus improves service speeds, is now being deployed around the United Kingdom; specifically focusing on “areas where it delivers the most benefit to customers“.
I am certainly not aware of any plans for ECI's - I believe a rumour came somewhere over on the PN forums last year by one of the reps that it could be done when talking about the pilots... and we've known for a while on here that its possible at a line card level, yet Ive never seen mention of how it could be done or if it would be done by Openreach.
But we do know that some of the Huawei's are capable, we know its been it trial and we know BT
could if they so wish use it to regain speed lost through cross talk. Its never been intended as a way to improve speeds. BDUK uses Huawei cabs and BDUK rollouts are in some of the more rural area's where it could make a difference. I get the feeling vectoring is not completely dead in the water, but whether or not it will be rolled out nationwide certainly seems to be something BT are keeping stum on.