From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On 14 Aug 2025 14:23:44 +0100 (BST), Theo wrote:   
      
   > Now we seem to be heading for the US model, where hundreds of tiny ISPs   
   > are installing fibre in whatever patch of territory they can stake out   
   > before the big guns (BT and others) get around to replacing their copper   
   > with fibre.  Some of those ISPs are wholesaling and some are trying to   
   > be vertically integrated, but many are struggling.   
      
   Did the UK not look at other models? I can’t imagine we in NZ were   
   pioneers in having one company manage the physical fibre on an equal basis   
   to all comers, while the ISPs compete over that common fibre foundation to   
   offer services to users. I think the Australian NBN is on a similar model.   
      
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