- perhaps you should be working for DCOMS. I can give you Ed's phone number.
I'll swap you phone number and email for Ian Livingston at BT ....
but the argument that the NATIONAL network etc. etc.
hmm... we could debate this until the cows come home. BT only have a historical monopoly on the last mile copper network. Outside of that historical monopoly, you have to understand there is no such thing as a single national network.
The biggest part of the problem is that implementation cost varies widely depending on where exactly your rural community is located, and the size of the community. That is the reason for the necessity of wide ranging solutions.
Yes there are savings to be made by each community not re-inventing the wheel. But at the same time, it's never going to be commercially viable for a corporate behemoth the size of BT to offer a solution on the terms you want.
Anyhow, this is all going a bit too in-depth for an average PPRuNe posting. But I'm willing to give you the benefit of one or two more back and forths via PM if you want.
it is a national asset and has security and defence sidelobes.
Hence the existence of the CPNI and various other lesser known protective initiatives.