[Stuart]

[QUOTE=rogermevans]

Originally Posted by Bill C

Prey tell why they should. The cable network was built with private money not public like BT.

So does that mean if you own your own house you should be made to let other people use your house. Same principle


lol

Only if the government spent loads of money building your house, then sold it to you for a few pounds (which, IIRC happened with the BT phone network - they sold billions of pounds of networking equipment to BT for a few pounds).

well actualy there are all ready loads of people who can trapse though your house when ever they wish

Not quite. AFAIK, there are only a few groups of people who can enter your house without your permission and without a warrant.

as to poor ntl hsving built all this with thier own money so what they or rather the people they bought out got the opertunity to lay all that lovely cable to give us more choice and lower bills suposedly ( though i dont belive much polititions tell us lol ) now if the only competition they need to worry about is BT then there is not much in the way of competition

opening up all networks might actualy be the way to go

When NTL took on the smaller cable companies, they took on the debts incurred building the networks. This nearly bankrupted them. They are still paying off one of the largest debts in corporate history. Forcing NTL to open their network (although, as Bill C says, it already is open to those who wish to pay) could actually bankrupt NTL. So, less competition.

In the mean while, if NTL's prices do cause you concern, there *is* competition in the market. AOL on the NTL network, and the various ADSL providers. You'll also find BT is quite competitive when it comes to costs.


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