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Originally Posted by Neil
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Thanks for the links, Neil, though most of them seem to lead to threads from June 2003.
I was just interested to see if the plans which Chris Collinson outlined on NTHW.com had been implemented and if all the areas he mentioned were now receiving broadband. I was also interested to find out if regular London campaigners like RippedOff, Inkblot, Hawkmoon and others had, after all their work (and mine!!) finally got the service they were after.
Much of the information obtained about London was 'leaked' rather than it being an official press release. The fact that customers had to press to get answers made them more annoyed and made the situation worse.
Even when NTL did finally come up with a plan and a statement there were no regular progress reports. Honest communication with customers would have taken a lot of the tension out of the situation.
Given that NTL has the franchise for London but not the finance and possibly not the will to get things moving in London too, maybe the simple answer would be to sell the franchise to a company or possibly to a consortium of companies, who were willing to undertake the necessary development. Yes the costs would be high but then so would the profits.