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Originally Posted by bbr81
I have just come back form my hols and found it ammusing that where I was staying had a 10meg line (although each download is limited to 100k/s, you could run say 6 downloads and manage 600k/s). But what was more intersting, on one cable line coming into the flat you had at least 3 different cable operators to buy from (thats called compatition). Not just one monoply compay (some say you have BT but canot get same speed from them), I can't get telewest cos NTL is on my road!
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I have mentioned this a few times, true competition we would be seeing cable operators competing with each other but they are not. NTL have an effective monopoly on the following types of customers, unless you count AOL as effective competition.
People who cannot have a sattelite dish and want premium channels.
People who cannot change their phone socket.
People who cannot have ADSL due to distance or exchange not been enabled.
Most of the people who fall into these categories are probably in rented accomodation where they dont have the freedom to have telecom companies coming in doing work on the cables and sockets.