New BT distance rules?

I am sure this has been asked and answered before but I cannot find any
trace of either. I am correct in assuming that once the long reach trials
are concluded BT will set new minimums for line loss at which they can offer
service? In particular does this mean that as well as being able to have the
basic service where it was not previously possible that those who could only
get a 512K connection may be able to in 1 MB in future?

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Peter Crosland <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I am sure this has been asked and answered before but I cannot find any
> trace of either. I am correct in assuming that once the long reach trials
> are concluded BT will set new minimums for line loss at which they can offer
> service? In particular does this mean that as well as being able to have the
> basic service where it was not previously possible that those who could only
> get a 512K connection may be able to in 1 MB in future?

Possibly.

The thresholds will be set so that engineer visits don't eat too much into
profits.
Say a ASDL line profits BT wholesale some 5 quid a month.
Or 60 quid a year.
If they are willing to spend 10% of this on engineers working on marginal
lines, then that gives 6 quid a year.
Let's say an engineer + van + petrol + office lighting + national insurance
+ pension + ... costs BT 50 quid an hour.
This gives about 7 minutes of ADSL related engineer time per line per year.

If the average visit lasts 2 hours, then it might be a reasonable guess
that the threshold will be set at a level that will on average result
in one engineer visit per 17 years.

This scenario is what I'm hoping for, I'm currently on 512 and was on the
RADSL scheme when it was installed. I'd like to move up to the 1 Meg if the
current extended reach scheme is successful and I'm within reach,
particularly with the forthcoming quotas.
One question I have for BT regarding their quotas, -- what's the difference
(apart from fees paid) to the system between someone currently on 512 who
uses around 30 GB/month and someone on currently on 1 meg who also uses
around 30 GB/month. Which one is 'unfairly' using the system ? They have
both paid a premium subscription for high download speed compared to dial
up. The higher the speed the higher the premium.