https://www.gov.uk/guidance/project-gigabit-uk-gigabit-progr...
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/02/milestone-as-g...
If you were a savvy businessman, you could make a lot of money just connecting customers with FTTH rather than the prior situation. There was an explosion of "altnets" build off the backs of this legislation
https://web.archive.org/web/20151015205446/http://www.alphr....
Funnily enough BT got a bucketload of money from the government and did absolutely cock all with it.
Even funnier the formerly big 5 isps are rated some of the lowest on customer satisfaction despite being actual cash cows for years https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/03/new-which-surv...