I’m not blaming BT, they have a legal responsibility to act in the best interests their shareholders (of which I am one). Their shareholders (*99% of them) will no doubt be happy with an arrangement where there is a big cost saving *99% of the population have a boost up to FTTP, and the other 1% who (most of them) previously had some form of ADSL, or even FTTC, have that service taken away completely.
I really don’t think BT are nasty enough to want to do that. In my career, I met folks from BT from time to time, they were decent people. But if politicians, and the media, keep harping on about “copper switch off” as if it is a worthy goal, BT will probably have no choice but to buy into it.
*My 99%/1% balance, for those who’ll eventually have FTTP, is a figure I have made up for the sake of illustration. If anybody can enlighten me as to a more accurate prediction, I’d be interested. Bear in mind though, 1% is 600,000 people.