The Impact of KPNNetwerkNL’s Fiber Optic Service on Consumer Choice in the Netherlands

As far as I’m concerned, there are idiots at ACM……..

Yes, in some places in the Netherlands there is quite a (real) choice and fortunately I live in such a city (in my home in Almere, 4 independently operating operators are active on the “Point to Point” network that Reggefiber has installed). ).

But KPNNetwerkNL is installing “Point to Multipoint” networks in more and more places. And on such networks it is no longer technically possible to accommodate multiple operators in a PoP, because only 1 party (KPN) can ‘highlight’ the shared medium segments.

In those situations (or in Point to Point networks where no other operators/illuminators are active yet) you effectively only have a choice between the ‘cable company’ and KPN. Because every provider that is dependent on KPN for ‘lighting’ pays a sky-high “WBA fine” because those rates are exhorbitant.

Just for fun, do a postal code check at Freedom.nl if you live in a place where KPNNetwerkNL has fiber optic services.

In places with alternative lighting operators (Fiber Crew, Fiber Operator) they only have to charge €51 per month for 1 Gigabit/s (the only available speed, because those operators do not support artificially squeezing the line speed with traffic shapers).

In places where Freedom needs KPN, the same speed costs 76 euros per month (more than 25 euros more). And that is only because cheaper for a third party such as Freedom is not possible when it comes to KPN WBA! . If you have lighting via KPN, you can also get a subscription of 51 euros per month, but only if the speed is artificially limited to 50 Mbit/s (line speed between media converter and PoP remains 1 Gbit/s if it concerns AON equipment).

[Reactie gewijzigd door eymey op 13 december 2023 16:01]

2023-12-13 14:12:18
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