Tuesday, January 04, 2005
OpenLLU - Open Local Loop Unbundling
OpenLLU - Open Local Loop Unbundling
This is my personal gripe at the moment, unfortunately I don't think it will actually be solved.
This is a site I set-up explaining some of the issues of the process of local loop unbundling (LLU) in the UK. LLU is the process where ISPs and (what were) Telecomms companies can put their own equipment in British Telecomms digital local exchanges.
The companies going down this route are all fighting each other when they should be fighting BT. If everyone joined forces and pooled resources, they'd have a fighting chance to build out a braodband network that could compete with BT in terms of size (i.e. exchange penetration) and services.
In 2006 BT start to role out their 21st century network (21CN) which replaces the Public Switched Telephony Network (PSTN) with one based purely on IP, they hope to turn off the last PSTN line in 2009. If the new entrants got together and collaborated, they could have their own competing 21CN NOW.
This is my personal gripe at the moment, unfortunately I don't think it will actually be solved.
This is a site I set-up explaining some of the issues of the process of local loop unbundling (LLU) in the UK. LLU is the process where ISPs and (what were) Telecomms companies can put their own equipment in British Telecomms digital local exchanges.
The companies going down this route are all fighting each other when they should be fighting BT. If everyone joined forces and pooled resources, they'd have a fighting chance to build out a braodband network that could compete with BT in terms of size (i.e. exchange penetration) and services.
In 2006 BT start to role out their 21st century network (21CN) which replaces the Public Switched Telephony Network (PSTN) with one based purely on IP, they hope to turn off the last PSTN line in 2009. If the new entrants got together and collaborated, they could have their own competing 21CN NOW.
