Announced on ITV news ...... no split confirmed.
No immediate split. However there's a possibility MPs will be pushing for it in greater numbers this month, after Grant Shapps and his disinformation piece.
Ofcom are off to Brussels to try and get some more powers. I suspect their end game is to harass BT Group with regulation until they decide to spin off Openreach voluntarily.
I'm far from happy with this. I would say it'll be the worst possible outcome. A period of uncertainty where BT are bounced from pillar to post by politicians, and if we cut to it Ofcom is as political as they come, and are reluctant to invest followed by a period of legal wrangling.
I haven't blogged about it as I can't be unbiased. I'd be too inclined to line Ofcom and BT Group up and give them a tongue lashing one after the other.
Not to mention that I need to spend some time considering whether to run with the 50Mb fully managed symmetrical leased line quote I've been offered or rent office space, both of them frankly pathetically being cheaper than buying a best effort, zero SLA FTTPoD product.