I was thinking earlier that as a BT shareholder what path do I want BT to take, now this isnt a BT investor thread but EE came into the plan so I will mention that bit here, especially as it will also interest Weaver.
So BT now own EE as we all know.
We have areas with scratchy ADSL coverage, so called "not commercially viable" areas for further investment.
I feel BT, especially now legacy voice services are planned for withdrawal should invest in these areas on their mobile platform and offer next gen broadband via 4G (5G when it is launched). I also feel they need to build more masts, and just keep building until every property in reasonably populated areas has "indoor" mobile signal coverage.
Such mobile packages in these areas like where Weaver lives would have special packages designed to replace fixed line broadband, so e.g. at least as a bare minimum 100 GIG data usage and 40mbit download speeds. The deployment would cost money but surely its cheaper than upgrading cabled broadband. If BT could pull this off they could then goto ofcom and say look we have no need for a fixed line voice USO anymore, it can be provided with mobile (and get all the major providers with the same obligation also).
Also like Weaver said I am confused somewhat about the claimed poor coverage, as when in a car driving somewhere, we can be nowhere near any populated area and there is "always" a signal when I check my phone. Granted its not always 4G, but 2G is always there so voice always works, 3G or 4G is nearly always there but occasionally has gaps. Yet we get people complaining they need wifi boxes at home because they got no signal at home. This is what needs addressing and of course what I said above.