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Originally Posted by andyl
Chris, with respect I disagree. The origins of a monopoly are largely an irrelevance and many would argue that taxpayers were shortchanged by the BT privatisation anyway. If a hugely dominant player is allowed to emerge and operate untethered, customers, who ultimately pay those shareholder dividends, will suffer. By giving access to the network - for which a merged NTL/Telewest would no doubt reap access fees - there will be greater choice and the possibility of both better value and service. That may include, for example, the dropping of the requirement to take an NTL phone line as part of the package!
Andy
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At the moment I don't think NTL's network could take anymore third party vendors on their network, get the network in order for NTL direct customers first then open it up.