Communications Bill - Clause 69 - Permitted subject-matter of access-related conditions
Communications Bill
4:30 pm
Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield, Conservative)
Does my hon. Friend agree that cable companies have at least invested in the latest technology? They provide services to people's homes by coaxial cable, with all its advantages, rather than by copper twisted pair, which causes all the difficulties with ADSL. The prime difficulty is the limitation of 5.5 km from the main exchange, which has to be provided by a fibreoptic feed. Would it not be preferable if fibreoptic feeds, or at least coaxial cables, were provided to every home, which would then have not ADSL but DSL?