Upgrade those who already have the fastest connections. Why, exactly? I cant begrudge them, good luck to them, but the politicians are either bent or insane for not having something to say about it at least. BT has so much money that it can do these upgrades but cannot be bothered to upgrade the slowest first, increasing the divide from 160:1 to what 320:1 or 600:1? Engineer who came today agreed with me that there are locals who have 500k and I see in the speed test maps some reports of 200k, which is surely a sign of something very wrong - bad wireless, bad in-premises wiring, bad line, duff modem, missing microfilter it a combination of the above. Or am I wrong. I don't even understand how BT is making any money out of this.
Am I wrong to insist on a bit of morality - I know this is a capitalist system and BT is out to make a profit, not serve the needs of the people, that is government's job and government should be giving BT contracts to enable them to do the right thing. They don't say that some people can't have electricity, for the most part, because they live in the wrong place and that is 'their fault', the electricity companies' job is to get it to the people, not mown about the people being in the wrong locations. It may be that the Scottish government is waking up, fifteen years late, and deciding to do the right thing though. But I just do not understand the pointless upgrades, not from any perspective. Is it just because BT is worried about high-speed competition? And so going to lose money on it?
There certainly are some people who do not have electricity though. And in some places there is perhaps little point in having a fixed supply. A couple, maybe three, diesel generators plus wind and solar power would do the job nicely. I am thinking about a couple of places not too far away where that would work nicely.
And I do not have mains water or sewage or gas, and do not want any. Certainly would not accept the mains water that some people get around here which is incredibly nasty - full of chemicals and making them ill. I had to stump up half the cost of drilling my borehole, and happy to do so. The hardware associated with it used to be incredibly unreliable, but it is ok now.