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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
regardless of how you think ntl is a kind of monopoly, sky/bt isnt an option for some people and that leaves them with exactly ??? 1 choice for phone/tv and 2 for internet (aol/ntl).
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Well, a large chunk of the population have access to Freeview. Also, bear in mind that Sky covers the whole country. The only people who cannot receive it are those with line-of-sight problems. NTL does not cover the whole country, and hasn't cabled large chunks of the areas it does cover.
I believe it is a legal requirement that BT makes a line available to any house that requests it (no matter what problems this will cause).
BT are gradually making ADSL available to most of the country.
Also, if they are willing to pay (through the noise admittedly), most people can get access to Satellite Broadband.
So, most people have access to at least 3 choices in each category (more with all
the ADSL providers).
So, NTL are hardly a monopoly. Not even a Duopoly..