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Originally Posted by Tristan
*cue Escapee horror story about the shoddiness of NTL Ireland's operations*  |
You may laugh!!!
But to be honest I dont think it fits in with the rest of their operation, it's a build technology ntl have always struggled to understand. I know they had big problems with the re-build out there, and were asking at one time of any of the old cable TV guys ie: Rediffusion were interested in going out to show them how it should be done, I understand they didn't have anyone who knew how to make off strain wires and string cables between poles correctly.
There were a lot of problems because the contarctors were not used to working on overhead systems, and the few ntl guys that I knew from elsewhere in the company that went out to work on the system had no experience of overhead as they had only worked on building systems for ntl.
I think it's the right decision to sell in their situation, an experienced company could probably operate it and make a decent profit.
PS: I'm not certain what the current situation is with the BT systems that ntl bought about 5 years ago, I know they were a headache and it wouldn't suprise me if they wanted to offload them as well.