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Originally Posted by purenuman
Correct it has nothing to do with public funds but if NTL had inherited their network at little or no cost they (Like BT) would have been forced to open it up. The fact that NTL spent millions and millions on building/buying the network will mean they don't have to open up IMHO...
Ofcom is about fairness for consumers and businesses......not punishment for investment.
What on earth makes you think a company that spends so much on something should be forced to share it with companies who have invested nothing??
The delivery method of services has nothing to do with it either.
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I never said NTL should be made to share the DSL if they invest their, but ofcom might make them do it. BT will argue they have invested in upgrading the exchanges and have been forced to allow all isp's to sell that service. NTL with over 1 million broadband users will find it hard to argue their point for been excempted.
Ofcom are just their for fair competition not for consumers eg. they have been making BT keep prices higher then they need to be so the competitors using datastream can compete, the > £1 gig traffic prices we seen floating around are due to ofcom, actual cost to BT wholesale is 10-20% of that.