Take-up of FTTP is 24.54% and G.fast 1.24%.
Those figures are IMHO rather telling.
Whilst it could perhaps in part be down to the lack of SP's (& marketing) offering G.fast, I hope it drives home what the longer term ROI would be for Openreach.
Yes it's not the full story, but I can't help but wonder if the original plans of what appeared to be also g.Fast deployed from the dP, or even FTTdp would have been a better option. I guess it is still relative early days for g.fast, but take up of just 1.24% to me seems rather low?
I usually suspect statements about how important BT's role is in the UK economy are usually designed as a gentle reminder to government/Ofcom.
I would tend to agree. Whilst we can't deny they do have a monopoly, I do at times feel that BT/Openreach do tend to be treated a little bit unfairly when it comes to certain aspect which does in part deter them from future investment and holding back on what could have been a more futuristic design. Their original plan of full 21CN got shelved years ago