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Originally Posted by 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!
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I wonder if NTL will learn the lesson then as now their customers are paying more for an inferior product.
When you talk about coverage you have to remember that major urban areas are likely to have both cable and be near ADSL enabled exchanges. Many areas that do not have cable are likely to be too far for ADSL.