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calmpitbull · 22-01-2010, 21:38

It seems to me that nowadays everything has to be wholesaled or offered to everyone. (I get my gas from my electric company and my electric from my gas company!!!).

I can see both sides of the argument but it either has to be one way or the other. Total regulation and one rule for everybody or a completely free market.

I would hate to have spent a lot of time, money and effort developing pay TV channels such as sky sports only to have somebody tell me that I have to let someone else sell it to their customers for the sole reason that my labour and effort is too successful!!. In fact I would be inclined to not bother developing anything else again and just buy in other peoples channels to offer to my customers! What is wrong with sky having a competitive edge if they have made the effort and investment.

If sky are made to do this, just as BT offer their products as wholesale or LLU, then VM should also be made to offer a wholesale product on their network. Then everything is open for everybody. (things could get quite confusing!)

22-01-2010, 21:38	#132
calmpitbull Inactive Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nottingham Posts: 194	Re: OFCOM ready to rule? It seems to me that nowadays everything has to be wholesaled or offered to everyone. (I get my gas from my electric company and my electric from my gas company!!!). I can see both sides of the argument but it either has to be one way or the other. Total regulation and one rule for everybody or a completely free market. I would hate to have spent a lot of time, money and effort developing pay TV channels such as sky sports only to have somebody tell me that I have to let someone else sell it to their customers for the sole reason that my labour and effort is too successful!!. In fact I would be inclined to not bother developing anything else again and just buy in other peoples channels to offer to my customers! What is wrong with sky having a competitive edge if they have made the effort and investment. If sky are made to do this, just as BT offer their products as wholesale or LLU, then VM should also be made to offer a wholesale product on their network. Then everything is open for everybody. (things could get quite confusing!)