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Old 03-05-2004, 21:25   #21
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Re: NTL worse than BT

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Originally Posted by ackees
...it reminds me of the old BT, in the end they were forced to change and realise that they did not have a divine right to abuse an important service to the community just because they owned some cables. Their fake protestations about being competitive were exposed.
the difference with BT was that they inherited the infrastructure from the state and were in a dominant position. whereas the cable companies have built the infrastructure/inherited the costs of the build and because of this have massive debts.
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