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So you can see why the Uk second largest domestic ISP is keen to move from satellite

It's also worth pointing out that Sky isn't going to care about 100% universal coverage (not that satellite actually has it - small numbers of people will have trees and buildings obstructing their view of 28E, not to mention people in conservation areas or rentals who either can't have a dish, can't have dual feeds, or (as in my case) the system seems to have fallen into disrepair)

I think DSAT/Freesat will still be present for at least the next five years at least. The challenge currently is providing Internet (30MB+) for rural areas. Openreach's work turning off the copper network will probably help towards this. Even if those premises only get FTTC it'll still be an improvement, and help support TV via ISP.

I would imagine that if you can't get FTTC today, you won't ever get it. Openreach want the copper gone and that means some will go straight from ADSL to FTTP.

I think the BBC will hesitate in removing radio from Freeview because there are quite a few areas where it’s the only way to access Local radio now AM has been switched off and DAB local multiplex’s not yet extended as widely. Once that’s resolved then maybe they will.

There's also the fact that as the BBC owns its freeview capacity and is not leasing it from others like Bauer is, there is virtually no additional cost to put the BBC Local Radio stations on Freeview & doing so gives them the excuse they needed to get rid of AM.

Three mobile broadband wouldn't be an option here. It's over subscribed with only Band 3 on a shared mast with EE.

However I'm fortunate that I have the choice of an Openreach provider on FTTC, Virgin Media and two Altnets.

and realistically isn't an option unless specially built for home broadband use. One person can get away with it, but if an entire village is trying to use the same mast then it's going to be quite miserable.

Nothing says it more than the fact that BT and Virgin are putting money into their fibre rollouts rather than on speeding up EE or O2 5G coverage, and both companies prefert to push their respective fixed line broadband products.