[peteh]

I was under the impression part of the aquiring vm was marketing as liberty advertise as the worlds largest cable provider and this deal sort of cements that statement for the time being

They are pretty far spread internationally, Europe is not a new market to them... if they re-invest just a little in the infrastructure they could blow bt and sky out of the water completely in terms of internet services, and the financial muscle to do it is definatly there

Like many things here.. the uk is literally screaming out for investment in its infrastructure at every corner