BT to open up fiber cabinet info to rural rivals

In a blog post, a small ISP called Rutland Telecom said Openreach -- the part of BT that manages its national network -- had "caved in" following a meeting with Ofcom, Rutland Telecom and other small Internet service providers. BT will now tell its rivals on a regional rather than cabinet-by-cabinet basis which postcodes are served by specific cabinets. "For the first time in UK telecommunications history, the data linking premises to BT cabinets will be revealed and can be exploited to bring the benefits of next-generation access to rural communities which suffer poor broadband speeds," Rutland said in its post last Thursday.