[themelon]

It is debatable whether BT would have put its weight behind broadband if it wasnt for the cable companies making it accessible to the masses and giving BT no option but to upgrade exchanges.

BT were perfectly happy milking money out of customers on ridiculously priced dial up packages £15.99 a month, and ISDN Lines at £19.99 a month plus subscription to a provider of your chooice at an extra cost.

No company will push new technology if they can make more out of the old one. BT began enabling broadband exchanges because they could see they would lose customers who were paying more for inferior products. It wasnt something they did because they are nice!!

ntl is still doing pretty well despite this 1 million broadband customers and less than half the coverage BT has!