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Originally Posted by tvtimes
It wouldn't be a good thing for cable, it would spell the end of cable. They would never pay back their debts if they had loads of companies using their network. VM need the exclusitivity and the customers in order to meet debt repayments. I can't them being forced to open up their network to the likes of BT unless their debt is written off some how. The government would recognise that the company would certainly go under if they don't keep their monopoly and have to keep their debt, it's certainly no where near the same as BT where it was the government who funded their infrastructure in the first place.
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Read the reply above and my point is made
And i dont care, VM didnt build half the network, they kept buying smaller cable companies out (and this is the reason why some parts of the network is in great shape while others are falling apart and while others are only analogue and will stay that way).
They made sure there was no competition, they got themselfs into debt, do you think i care if they get screwed?
If you want fast broadband, if you want cable (or fibre optic...) then you only have 1 choice of supplier and thats virginmedia, if you dont like their terms then you're completely screwed, some people cannot get adsl so are trapped into cable, that, my friend is a monopoly.
So what about BT's FTTH/N rollout then, they are being forced to go wholesale despite having to spend their own money on it, oh but that's fair because its BT, not precious VM
From what's been going on lately and how far behind we are with net services...and how bad a condition things are in its looking very likely that VM will be forced to open the network up...
If you're so bothered about VM paying off their debts why dont you go tell them to stop giving bonuses to each other ever year
