Thread: [Merged] NTL/TW To Open Networks?
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Old 11-01-2005, 17:52   #22
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Re: [Merged] NTL/TW To Open Networks?
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Originally Posted by andyl
I'm sure Morrisson's would have loved to have kept all (or at least many) of the stores they acquired when they bought Safeway but the Competition Commission decided this would give them too much market power (alebeit in certain towns/regions). The same applies to NTl-Telewest
But NTL or TW already have a monopoly on cable to the home in those towns / regions. The country is not big enough to support two cable operators and as a result there is a massive duplication in cost base, this hinders cable development (less money) and marketing (more difficult to target).
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