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BBKing · 25-03-2004, 15:30

Which isn't going to happen. Piecemeal upgrades to selected areas is the way it's going.

ntl didn't buy 'the London franchises', they bought the residential business of C&W, which was running the former VCL parts of London at the time, as well as large areas in the rest of the country. The history of that deal is well documented elsewhere, it was the height of the .com boom and money was easier. C&W weren't going to hang onto the poor cable in London, why would it would bleed money supporting a shrinking userbase (no chance of any upgraded services) when it wanted out of the residential business anyway?

25-03-2004, 15:30	#11
BBKing R.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Services: 20Mb VM CM, Virgin TV Posts: 5,983	Re: The London Broadband Situation Which isn't going to happen. Piecemeal upgrades to selected areas is the way it's going. ntl didn't buy 'the London franchises', they bought the residential business of C&W, which was running the former VCL parts of London at the time, as well as large areas in the rest of the country. The history of that deal is well documented elsewhere, it was the height of the .com boom and money was easier. C&W weren't going to hang onto the poor cable in London, why would it would bleed money supporting a shrinking userbase (no chance of any upgraded services) when it wanted out of the residential business anyway?