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rhyds · 02-09-2014, 16:50

I wasn't sure what the point being made was either TBH. Investment in the phone system did indeed dry up during the mid-late 70s as the government had quite simply run out of money. Privatisation allowed BT to raise money on the markets to start rolling out System X and Y exchanges.

Remember though, that when BT were privatised in the 80s/90s the government granted licences to firms like Mercury and what became Virgin Media to roll out their own networks. OK, it did take until the 2000s for it all to bear fruit, but to be fair the UK's telecoms provision isn't all that bad compared to Europe and the US. Of course the far east has much more advanced networks, but then again they didn't start from the same point we did (i.e. a legacy of sticking copper up poles/in the ground).

02-09-2014, 16:50	#13
rhyds Inactive Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: North Wales Services: Plusnet Phone/BB, Freesat, VM Business BB (Cable) Posts: 821	Re: Virgin Media Business Broadband: A Review I wasn't sure what the point being made was either TBH. Investment in the phone system did indeed dry up during the mid-late 70s as the government had quite simply run out of money. Privatisation allowed BT to raise money on the markets to start rolling out System X and Y exchanges. Remember though, that when BT were privatised in the 80s/90s the government granted licences to firms like Mercury and what became Virgin Media to roll out their own networks. OK, it did take until the 2000s for it all to bear fruit, but to be fair the UK's telecoms provision isn't all that bad compared to Europe and the US. Of course the far east has much more advanced networks, but then again they didn't start from the same point we did (i.e. a legacy of sticking copper up poles/in the ground).