- BT beats 5 million ADSL user target a year early...
- Posted by Sunil Sood on April 4th, 2005
"This week BT will connect its five millionth wholesale broadband
customer, beating a target set by the company a year ahead of schedule.
Broadband is now one of the fastest growing consumer products of all
time with a higher take up rate than televisions, CD players, video
recorders or mobile phones.
Ben Verwaayen, BT's CEO said: "Three years ago when we set a target
of five million by 2006 it seemed a daunting task. To have reached
this milestone so early into 2005 is a massive achievement for the
whole industry. The momentum of broadband is continuing to build. The
latest million connections have come in just four months, and BT is
connecting a customer every ten seconds. But now the focus needs to
move from broadband availability towards the ways in which broadband
can improve people's lives. At work through greater productivity, and
at home by delivering a whole range of new services."
More at
http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/S...4-88808aa98ba4
Regards
Sunil
- Posted by Gaz on April 4th, 2005
"Sunil Sood" <news@soods.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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Largely despite BT not because of them. Short sighted strategic policies
held back broadband in the UK.
First, ISDN, BT makes a mint out of ISDN, an absolute mint, think of it as a
license to print money, it is old cheap technology, and with no line
competition you can charge a fortune, then persuade every business, that to
not have superfast ISDN means their life will end. BT did everything it
could to protect this cashcow.
Secondly exchanges, the initial role out of Broadband seemed to take no
account to demand, a list of exchanges where announced, if you lived within
3.5km of one of those exchanges, great, if not then they tried to sell you
ISDN (see above). It was only after enormous, and i mean huge pressure was
put upon BT, that they came up with the sensible demand tracker process.
At every turn BT have dragged their feet, keeping broadband a niche market,
it is only now, that broadband is exploding.
Gaz
- Posted by :::Jerry:::: on April 4th, 2005
"Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> wrote in message
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What ever did happen to Mercury and NTL.....
- Posted by 7 on April 4th, 2005
Gaz wrote:
More reasons to break it up and let competitors run
the businesses through LLU.
Third world countries are getting 2 megabit internet
for under 2 pounds, in line with international prices
- clearly BT$ has got to go cap in hand to
these third world countries and beg them to teach
them something about how to run a telco company.
- Posted by kim on April 4th, 2005
"7" <website_has_email@www.ecu.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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Like the railways you mean? That was a great idea wasn't it?
(kim)
- Posted by Mark McIntyre on April 5th, 2005
On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:19:13 GMT, 7
<website_has_email@www.ecu.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
its been tried before with utilities. I'm not sure anyone would say
that the railways, electricity, gas or water services got better or
cheaper post breakup. The reverse in fact.
We did this already. Two pounds is a month's wages in such countries,
and about a month's food. Its absolutely absurd to compare to UK
prices.
- Posted by Gaz on April 5th, 2005
":::Jerry::::" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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NTL is limited to its cable network.
Gaz
- Posted by Gaz on April 6th, 2005
"kim" <ntscuser@aol.com> wrote in message
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Privatisation, pioneered here by Thatchers government, has been copied
across the world, in fact it is now accepted that generally, Governments are
not very good at running things.
Unfortunately Governments can also screw up the actual privatisation process
eg British Rail.
Behind the horrors that where Railtrack etc, privatisation, despite the way
it was carried out, wasnt a complete failure, passenger numbers began to
explode far beyond that of the managed decline that was happening pre
privatisation. Unfortunately the line maintainance was carried out by dodgy
contractors with little supervision, making little economic sense.
The subsequent crashes, completely undermimed privatisation and the firms
who where running the franchises.
Gaz
- Posted by Gaz on April 6th, 2005
"Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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Actually telecoms, electricty and gas all reduced significantly in prices,
and now account for a fraction of the cost of running a household for that a
generation ago. And, while i am not a fan of BT, their customer service is
pretty good, my electricty and gas services are very reliable, in regards to
water costs, these have increased significantly, but then so as the market,
and the demands.
Environmental demands put on water companies have increased costs
substantially, remember, we use to pump raw sewage into the rivers and seas,
it now gets treated!!! How much cleaner is our environment now, then a
generation ago?
Gaz
- Posted by BRG on April 6th, 2005
"Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> wrote in news:4253179b$0$27860$ed2619ec@ptn-
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Nope. NTL does dial-up and ADSL connection services as well.
- Posted by Gaz on April 6th, 2005
"BRG" <nnn@invalid.jp> wrote in message
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I was referring more to business line installations
Gaz
- Posted by :::Jerry:::: on April 6th, 2005
"Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> wrote in message
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But there is nothing to stop them installing their own network country
wide, there is no option to use the NTL 'network' around here (the
closest town with NTL cabling is 30 miles away), but NTL find it more
profitable to leach off the network of BT because BT have to allow
them....
Now what did happen to Mercury....
- Posted by :::Jerry:::: on April 6th, 2005
"Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> wrote in message
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If any privatisation has been a success then why the need to have
government control of the industry via 'offices of regulation and
monitoring' ?...
Because the railway were finally getting the investment that BR had
been crying out for, this investment was being funded by HMG though -
work that one out !
No, the crashes just forced something to be done, the problems were
already present and had been present since privatisation, due to the
way the system had been privatised. Rather then being carried out in a
way that would be the best for the railway system it was done in a way
to raise as much money as possible for HMG.
- Posted by :::Jerry:::: on April 6th, 2005
"Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> wrote in message
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They have been told to keep price down by HMG, they have tried at
every chance to increase prices.
So why are 'Energy Watch' complaining about people being sent inflated
bills and then having threats of disconnection etc. when they don't
pay what is not owed ?...
Or indeed bills demanding payment for houses fitted with *pre pay*
meters !
And how many years before this investment was carried out and how many
years were the profits creamed off by a few 'Fat Cats' before they
woke up to the need to invest. they then complained that their would
need to be a hike in prices to pay for the investment due to there
being no money....
