That’s a good point, about whether or not you have a copper internet connection. But as you said, if people are being told to make do with satellite, then we have already reached R100 and Openreach can pack up and go home right now, job done. One of my neighbours, in the most difficult position in the village, has no 4G coverage and the DSL is maybe 1 Mbps downstream, I think it was mentioned. They already have satellite.
But as I mentioned earlier, some of the very remotest parts of Skye are being done with FTTP right now, as my OR engineer told me. Gleann Dàil, and Dùn Tuilm were specific examples he gave me, and presumably the Bhatairnis ‘middle finger’ peninsula too. I wonder if it could be anything to do with the fact that our MP lives up there?
Where I am, there are now 31 houses in Heasta now, Janet tells me. So at least OR wouldn’t have to be doing one single isolated house. So I think there is hope, despite my natural skepticism. So is that approx 1 PON’s worth? Would there be a need for some active optoelectronics in Heasta?