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m419 · 09-02-2010, 18:05

For a start Virgin Media,Colt,Cable and Wireless,Verizon and Thus are private companies whose aim is to generate revenue to make a profit and to gain as much custom as they can, they are not charities nor co-operatives they PLC's. Large companies with many shareholders. They are under no obligation to provide services to anyone, they can turn you away,they can let you in, its a free market.

BT however is different, the company was formerly publicly owned and was built to offer basic but essential telecommunication services, in 1984, the conservative goverment stupidly privatised it, in other words, sold OUR telecoms network to private investors and individuals. But to keep people happy and to create a free market and boost competition and to ensure everyone has a right to a phone service, they brought in the Universal conditions. Which means they have to do what the goverment would have done if it was to be still publicly owned.

In Germany and various other countries, they don't have that privilage, Deutsche Telekom is very strict on third parties selling telecoms services down its network. If BT was to trade over there like offer Carrier services over the Deutsche Telekom network, they would make it very difficult.

If you don't like the way the telecoms industry is in the UK, then it shouldn't have been privatised and other companies should not have been granted licences to compete with BT or Cable and Wireless, both were publicly owned and sold off by Maggie.

If BT and Cable and Wireless was still publicly owned and were the only services around, we wouldn't have such a outdated internet service. BT would be able to afford upgrades, BT have lost a lot of revenue and custom due to competitors such as Cable companies and other PLC's. Not forgetting, the shareholders, also want to make a profit, so that also comes first before investments on the network.

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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: BT Open Up Ducting - Look To Use Virgin's For a start Virgin Media,Colt,Cable and Wireless,Verizon and Thus are private companies whose aim is to generate revenue to make a profit and to gain as much custom as they can, they are not charities nor co-operatives they PLC's. Large companies with many shareholders. They are under no obligation to provide services to anyone, they can turn you away,they can let you in, its a free market. BT however is different, the company was formerly publicly owned and was built to offer basic but essential telecommunication services, in 1984, the conservative goverment stupidly privatised it, in other words, sold OUR telecoms network to private investors and individuals. But to keep people happy and to create a free market and boost competition and to ensure everyone has a right to a phone service, they brought in the Universal conditions. Which means they have to do what the goverment would have done if it was to be still publicly owned. In Germany and various other countries, they don't have that privilage, Deutsche Telekom is very strict on third parties selling telecoms services down its network. If BT was to trade over there like offer Carrier services over the Deutsche Telekom network, they would make it very difficult. If you don't like the way the telecoms industry is in the UK, then it shouldn't have been privatised and other companies should not have been granted licences to compete with BT or Cable and Wireless, both were publicly owned and sold off by Maggie. If BT and Cable and Wireless was still publicly owned and were the only services around, we wouldn't have such a outdated internet service. BT would be able to afford upgrades, BT have lost a lot of revenue and custom due to competitors such as Cable companies and other PLC's. Not forgetting, the shareholders, also want to make a profit, so that also comes first before investments on the network.