[phelm]

Interesting that the copper wires stuck around, UK's fibre optic rollout still ongoing not to be completed til 2026 or later

[someweirdperson]

Inventions like mp3 probably helped to reduce the pressure to upgrade.

[uni_rule]

I think it would have more to do with Fiber to the Node allowing ISPs to only half-upgrade their infrastructure and still achieve workable broadband, even if having the foresight to do straight fiber would have been a much better goal to work towards at the time.