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Originally Posted by number34
Totally different situation thats why. BT had been a nationalised company and had a monopoly as far as the telephone network. Even when privatised this was true so To make competition work they were forced to open up their network. NTL & Telewest are private companies and have built their networks to compete with BT using their own monies, no way they can or should be forced to open up their networks to others who have not taken the same risks!
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Maybe they were the monopoly when privatised, but they inherited a substandard analogue network from the Government.
They spent Billions on it bringing it up to some sort of standard, and converting it to digital (as a private network).
They were then forced to open it up.
So why shouldn't NTL and TW be forced to open their networks up?