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@Aus3009

You finally had a win — congratulations. But why, why, oh why did you have to go and spoil it by getting greedy? Radio signals are attenuated as they pass through a medium due to absorption, scattering, reflection, and diffraction — not ‘because of their rate of change.’ What does that even mean? You’ve invented a vague, meaningless phrase just to sound wise and knowledgeable.

@Terraplane

After many years and countless message exchanges, I'm afraid Aus has finally won a round. Amplitude does not depend on frequency. You can have a high-frequency wave with small amplitude, or low frequency with large amplitude — they are independent properties.

@Aus3009

I only asked because I wanted to make you explain all the techno-mumbo-jumbo in the Samsung system.

So, anyway, what you’re describing is a system that doesn’t exist in the UK — and probably never will — because of the country’s geography and population density. It sounds great, but there’s no real technical or economic reason to use it here.

Samsung’s 5G RAN and FWA platform has been rolled out in its home market of South Korea, and in India, Canada, and the USA — and not really anywhere else. The reason it can work in those countries is that there’s limited FTTP coverage — even in the USA, only about 40 % of households have access to fibre. By the end of 2026, FTTP will be available to over 90 % of UK households.

It’s possible that a business case might eventually emerge for using it in very remote parts of the UK, but no one has announced any plans to do so. As Fleccy and Terraplane have patiently (and saint-like) explained, there will always be capacity limits when you’re using RF compared with landlines.

If a radio-based alternative could be offered at a significantly lower cost, it might make sense — but the Samsung system you’re describing isn’t really competitive — you’d be paying more and getting less.

The system is, however, quite mature in the USA now, with several suppliers and over ten million subscribers, so there’s plenty of information available. The key takeaway is that the vast majority of users — 80 % or more — don’t have access to FTTP.

These are comments from the operators themselves:

• T-Mobile: “Most of our Home Internet customers are outside our fibre footprint and were previously served only by cable or DSL.”

• Verizon: “Verizon avoids marketing 5G Home in existing Fios (i.e. Verizon FTTP) areas to prevent cannibalisation.”

• AT&T Internet Air: Explicitly targeted at non-AT&T-Fibre ZIP codes; the company says Internet Air is “for customers where fibre is not yet available” — so nearly 100 % non-fibre.

It’s really time for you to stop digging!

@Aus3009

So, what is this Samsung technology you are referring to?

@Aus3009 or should it be spacemonkey?

You’re digging an ever-deeper hole by continuing to copy and paste information about things you admit you don’t understand. In what’s probably a wasted effort to help you, I’ve consulted your friend — the great god AI — and here is her advice on what to do next:

- Recognize the problem. Acknowledge that you’re in a difficult situation — awareness is the first step toward change.

- Stop digging. Immediately stop whatever is making the situation worse (i.e. your posts).

- Assess your position. Take an honest look at how deep the hole is and how you there (it's pretty deep!).

- Find a way out. Shift your focus from digging deeper to finding practical steps to get out (maybe if you stop the posts and change the subject nobody will notice you were in the hole!).

@fleccy

All that will be a bit complicated for Aus. I'm sure he'll just point out that “alternatives to BT fibre don’t need to take every customer, they need to take some to impact investment numbers”. No idea what that means - but he seems to think it's quite profound!

@Aus

The fact that you have to keep consulting AI means you know little or nothing about this subject. So why insist on showing your ignorance by continually contradicting fleccy and Terraplane who clearly have a good grasp of the subject.

While terrabit backhaul can ensure that 5G delivers its full radio potential, it does not increase that potential. The 5G capacity still depends on the RF - spectrum, site density, and radio efficiency! This is why your 1 million users per cell figure is not remotely achievable!

@Aus

Oh dear. Oh dear!!!

Maybe you should consider changing the AI you are using. Such enormous figures might be possible for some some sort of IoT use cases, but NOT for real people!

@bidboy

Your “sources” haven’t come up with any reliable information about the Mittal Bros so far, as none of your predictions have ever actually happened. Interesting that you “worked in the security service,” though — what were you, a bouncer at the local lap-dancing club?

His archive.ph link really does work for some paywalled articles (I had success with a few Times pieces) — I suppose it all depends on what is archived in the first place. It's also possible to view Telegraph articles by quickly disconnecting and then reconnecting the internet, but this does not work for many other sites.

Anyway the https://archive.ph/N8D6I link that NigeCo has found for The Times article titled "BT Openreach says it is ‘too early to call’ when losses will stop" is very interesting — you guys should read it!

@Aus3009

And people are going to do that because the Daily Telegraph told them to? Not likely. Now, if Greta Thunberg were advocating it, that might be a different story!

@Arees1969

shhhh - the great god Kibosh will punish us if she finds out the share price has nudged up a little!

@KICKTHEJAMSOUT

You say "ROLL ON THE BIB". Classic Freudian slip in your case!

This is typical lazy journalism — grab a few old UBS numbers, paste them into a negative spin, and presume nobody will fact-check.

For example, regarding the claim that “altnets have built a footprint covering 17.5 million homes with pricing 20–30% cheaper than Openreach.” Although this is broadly in line with independent data (INCA / Point Topic report ~16.4 million premises), they fail to mention that they only have about ~2.7 million connections (i.e. paying customers), which equates to ~16% take-up. So all ~100 altnet premises passed combined are roughly on par with BT’s rollout, but BT has an FTTP take-up rate of almost 40% and plenty of other paying customers still using copper.

Next, the article warns that altnets “can sustain lower pricing if penetration exceeds 35%,” but totally fails to address the fact that none of them are anywhere near that threshold — meaning they are all losing loads of money...which is why “consolidation” is the new paradigm.

Their forecast that BT Openreach line losses will accelerate (-225k, -300k, etc.) is highly speculative — especially given BT’s latest report of decreasing quarterly losses (-169k) and its strong FTTP rollout of ~1 million premises passed per quarter, continuing up until the end of 2026.

Regarding the fintech / MVNO entry claim, yes, they may enter marketing or retail competition, but they still depend on underlying infrastructure providers like Openreach. So, probably more of an opportunity than a risk!

Finally, they say “For BT/EE, the end of the MBNL network joint venture with Three in 2031 could result in £20–40 million in additional annual lease costs.” We can agree that these are huge numbers, but in the big picture of BT’s turnover… peanuts!

@NDNIC00

One of the many reasons that the magic bid or spin-off won't happen regardless of how much the resident troll wants to hype it!

@fleccy

You say "no one's against a bid" in your chat with the troll. Have you thought that through? Would you really be happy to have to sell all your shares for about £2.60? That's more than a 40% premium on the current price, which would suit the institutional investors just fine.

@bidboy

Given that Andy Burnham could become Prime Minister before long — and that he’s on record as wanting to nationalise utilities, there’s at least a faint possibility of BT being nationalised. That’s far more plausible than the magic bid you've been harping on about for years ever materialising!

Well...even good news seems to have a negative affect on the BT share price. But you have not really read this article correctly - it does not say altnets are gaining. On the contrary it points out that "fewer than one in five are signing up for their services. As we all know almost 40% are signing up to BT's FTTP so this is an altnet problem - not a BT problem! What The Telegraph are saying is that some users are deciding to use ALTERNATIVE services such as mobile or satellite. As BT have the best mobile in the UK that side does not seem like a show-stopper. And satellites are never going to compete with terrestrial services for numerous reasons. Sooo, nothing to see here - but the share price will suffer a death by a thousand cuts just the same.

@bidboy

In the event that the share price drops to 140p and the "Mittal brothers will step in and bid", they'll only have to offer about 180p - in which case it would be better off for you to sell up now and go on your merry way. Stupid troll!!!

@scallywag3

I think the BT H1 FY26 results are on November 6th. What is the "BT 1/4 (Balance Sheet)" report on October 23 supposed to be?