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Originally Posted by m419
To be honest I think Sky actually likes the idea of having the Sky channels on Virgin TV, they realised that not everyone likes Sky and is still able to gain revenue by supply other providers with there content and TV channels.
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Yes they do, which is why they have for many years sold the Sky channels to Virgin / ntl / Telewest.
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BT should be allowed to charge what ever it likes to use its network, how would you like it if you let a room out to a lodger and then someone from the authorities comes and tells you how much rent you should charge? BT are the ones who have to upgrade the infrastructure and they have to foot the bill, so since the other networks are using BT's, its time to cough up, thats why its a slow process and why Britain has such bad ADSL.
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When said 'authorities' built large bits of said network and continue to give subsidies and pension guarantees you don't have too much room to argue. The conditions of the various regulations on BT were agreed to a long time ago in any event. This is also nothing to do with the state of the UK's DSL. The UK's exchange based ADSL is actually very strong, the issue was the lack of fibre in the loops however BT's new NGA / Next Generation Access network upgrades they are allowed to price as they see fit. It is open access, anyone can give BT money and get access to the fibre to the home / cabinet network. This was a voluntary decision by BT, they decided not to fight this point with the regulator but it was never demanded that they give open access and they have indeed stated their commitment to open access networks.
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Virgin Media should be able to choose who uses its network as and when or be able to keep it closed. Its a privately owned business which has invested millions into the franchises for its own use.
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I'm neither agreeing nor disagreeing with you there, however given Ofcom's treatment of Sky and the fact that both Sky and BT are committed to open access to their respective platforms even though in the case of Sky they have no real infrastructure of their own and both are to an extent regulated to permit other operators access to their platforms it would seem to me that Virgin Media's network remaining closed is something of an anomaly.