The thinking behind my original question was, if BT as a ISP, is only half way or so up the league table of perceived ISP excellence, when seeing it owns much of the infrastructure that all (wire delivery) ISPs have to use; would not the fibre optic cable performance be improved, if Virgin's ISP near monopoly of cable delivered BB, were similarly opened up to competition, for other service providers to exploit, and possibly enhance, in much the same way as BT's compeditors have apparently managed to provide a better wired service than BT itself.
No doubt surrendering Virgin's present 'virginity' would come at a price,
as perhaps it should, but overall, is not the service, and the overall cable facility likely to be be improved?
Despite its cable service speed advantage I note that its perceived IPS performance rating is not as high as one might expect, and can't help but wonder if others, given the opportunity, might be able to give us a bettter deal!