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TalkTalk on the brink as dreams of budget broadband billions unravels

TalkTalk on the brink as dreams of budget broadband billions unravels

Regulator Ofcom has for several years been drawing up contingency plans in case of a supplier collapse, but these have largely been focused on the scores of “alt-net” firms that have cropped up to challenge the dominance of BT.

“The expectation has always been that it would be an alt-net that would fail, not an established internet service provider”, says Matthew Howett, at Assembly Research.

“The policy interventions in fixed broadband have been good up until now,” says Howett. “It would be a shame to see the TalkTalk saga blemish that reputation.”