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Chrysalis · 08-04-2006, 00:52

The coverage is ntl's choice.

900 million for expansion, or acquisition of company, they made their choice.

BT I think are no longer dominant in the telephone sector, landlines are a dying sector and even those with landlines have the option of 3rd party providers to reduce their call costs, some people think including myself that ntl/telewest now need some form of regulating been the ONLY cable company in the uk and having a monopoly on cable telecom services.

On sky please explain to me how buying a cellphone company stops a tv company monopoly?

Things changed since telewest merger that monopolising companies tend to do -

Above inflation price rises
New charges introduced for things that used to be free
Less care for customers (removal of 0800 support) (removal of directline to retentions)

08-04-2006, 00:52	#189
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: ALL Virgin / NTL merger discussion The coverage is ntl's choice. 900 million for expansion, or acquisition of company, they made their choice. BT I think are no longer dominant in the telephone sector, landlines are a dying sector and even those with landlines have the option of 3rd party providers to reduce their call costs, some people think including myself that ntl/telewest now need some form of regulating been the ONLY cable company in the uk and having a monopoly on cable telecom services. On sky please explain to me how buying a cellphone company stops a tv company monopoly? Things changed since telewest merger that monopolising companies tend to do - Above inflation price rises New charges introduced for things that used to be free Less care for customers (removal of 0800 support) (removal of directline to retentions)