“When companies scale up, they usually lose their secret sauce”Īt one stage, he worked for a cable company that became part of Virgin, so he has some sympathy for the broadband oligarchs. So it is massively refreshing to interview someone with lived experience of repairing comms equipment (his first job), installing infrastructure, lobbying Ofcom to level the playing field, inventing new ways to make Britain’s infrastructure more competitive, running an independent network consultancy and creating fibre backbones. Many are so far removed from their channel and customers that they still believe their own slogans. Most executives at BT and Virgin think Co-Axial is that bloke who wrote their Music on Hold. It’s nice to see a company led by a man who has overseen both Europe and the inside of a cabling duct.
Its funding source is Infracapital, the infrastructure equity investment arm of M&G, which specialises in backing exactly this type of project.Īt the end of 2020, Spectrum appointed a new CEO, Ben Allwright, who created Flomatik and ran the advanced networking division for Finland’s Teleste in his long journey from the toolroom to the boardroom. Enter Spectrum Internet, which serves south Wales and parts of southwest England and has a £200m plan to roll out fibre. Our best hope for change is if some “disruptive” upstart shames them into doing better. Why should the incumbents change? BT can still charge £20 a month rental for copper that was probably installed when telecoms were under public ownership via the General Post Office (GPO).
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