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Originally Posted by Toto
What profits, they are still paying off debt acrued for purchasing existing networks. How could going further into debt make their business profitable, when many here say they are leaving for one reason or another.
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Oh I realise all that.
I am not sure about now, but in the past, where Cable was available, it achieved a greater number of users than Sky. Today, VM have around 4 million customers, yet the DTV network covers (IIRC) around 48% of the population.
So, potentially, Virgin could nearly DOUBLE their customers with proper investment.
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Originally Posted by m419
Thats right,for example Telewest acquired Eurobell for £282 Million in November 2000 and then spent £50,000 on removing Eurobell Telephone boxes which was stupid as money could be made through kiosk-glass advertising.
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Thanks to mobile phones, the payphone industry in this country has virtually collapsed. There are still a lot of Payphones around, but BT and other providers have massively cut back on them.