(Some info from The Register)
BT's access service division Openreach, tasked with providing equal access to BT and competitors, is failing to deliver the required backhaul from unbundled exchanges (i.e. where competitors have access to facilities and can install their own equipment to serve customers) to the rival networks.
This means many ISPs have idle equipment - paid for, but not earning anything. And BT, intentionally or not, is the one benefiting. The UK watchdog (OTA) has said that BT's failure is "still unacceptable" and that "this has been an outstanding issue for some time".
Hopefully the South African situation will be a little better. If LLU is mandated, the other telecomms operators will be able to build their own backhaul. Sentech, in particular, should have some advantage in quickly-deployable 'fixed-wireless' links that should help buffer demand. Telkom itself now apparently has a WiMax strategy.
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