Cable Forum - View Single Post - public services and housing back into public ownership?

m419 · 14-07-2009, 09:07

Most of the rail companies are no good, I suppose Virgin invests well with our money and its a shame about the East coast mainline because National express was offering cheap tickets lol

I think they should re-nationalise local trains services just like they did with Connex. Remember Arriva Trains northern and Merseyside? I do, I thought they were shocking,the goverment gave there franchise to someone else! And then a few years after the stupid Department for Transport took away the contract from Virgin Trains to run cross country and gave it to Arriva!

Also, I think that if the telecoms industry was under public ownership, we wouldn't have such a bad and outdated internet infrastructure.

What they should have done was NOT privatise BT and Cable and Wireless, issue those American cable companies such as Nynex,Telewest and Bellcable which were around licences to sell Cable Television,NOT telephone. The Cable companies could then work closely with BT and not have a competition issue therefore finance for maintainance and upgrades would not be a problem.

Deutsche Telekom which also owns T-Mobile is still partly publicly owned. That is probably why they have been so successful.

The next thing is council housing!

Councils should not be allowed to sell its empty properties to private firms just as a quick way of generating fast cash. And should not be selling its homes to tennants. Thats why there is a shortage and why the council house waiting list is as long as 10 years.

14-07-2009, 09:07	#3
m419 Inactive Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Services: BT Broadband,BT Anytime calls,Sky entertainment extra HD,Vodafone pay monthly Posts: 1,512	Re: public services and housing back into public ownership? Most of the rail companies are no good, I suppose Virgin invests well with our money and its a shame about the East coast mainline because National express was offering cheap tickets lol I think they should re-nationalise local trains services just like they did with Connex. Remember Arriva Trains northern and Merseyside? I do, I thought they were shocking,the goverment gave there franchise to someone else! And then a few years after the stupid Department for Transport took away the contract from Virgin Trains to run cross country and gave it to Arriva! Also, I think that if the telecoms industry was under public ownership, we wouldn't have such a bad and outdated internet infrastructure. What they should have done was NOT privatise BT and Cable and Wireless, issue those American cable companies such as Nynex,Telewest and Bellcable which were around licences to sell Cable Television,NOT telephone. The Cable companies could then work closely with BT and not have a competition issue therefore finance for maintainance and upgrades would not be a problem. Deutsche Telekom which also owns T-Mobile is still partly publicly owned. That is probably why they have been so successful. The next thing is council housing! Councils should not be allowed to sell its empty properties to private firms just as a quick way of generating fast cash. And should not be selling its homes to tennants. Thats why there is a shortage and why the council house waiting list is as long as 10 years.