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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
because both companies are guilty of buying franchises and not cabling the areas, they shouldnt be allowed to spend money on a merger when they have contracts to honour.
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You can't stop companies being run by greed ridden bafoons I'm afraid. ntl was guilty of nothing more than greed, mismanagement, over-ambition, lack of skill and ultimately (becuase of the previous) lack of money. None of which is, or should be, illegal.
Merging the two companies is the only way forward, because the two companies made such a mess of the system that was in existence before.
It will stimulate a little more competition, it will increase slightly their buying power (bandwidth, Sky channels, even van leasing plans) which will overall reduce the combined companies' outgoings.
This is good, becuase there is a remote possibility that some of this money saved will be used to develop the network and services - like they promised to do about five years ago.