Mr. Marcus Matthews:

It has the very same geography and the very same issues with leaves on the trees and everything else. There are many properties in the proposed intervention area that will ultimately be connected by fibre. The question, however, is what are the properties that it is not economically viable to connect and how should we connect them. There are many regional ISPs that lay their own fibre and connect homes with their own fibre rings. They are not limited to fixed wireless technology and they also do copper. They approach a prospective customer with the best solution for their needs, having identified the maximum speed, efficiency and viability they can deliver via whatever specification it is.

It also comes down to a cost issue, but also then the requirements. In part the Deputy is saying we need to lay fibre because we need it for the demands going forward in the future.