BT boss in shock 'bigger is better' claim as £12.5bn EE bid heats up BT claimed on Monday that its planned gobble of EE was a good thing for competition in the UK – despite the fact that such market consolidation would make the former state monopoly more powerful. It called on the UK's competition watchdog to fast track the first stage of its merger probe into its proposed £12.5bn buyout of EE …
BT's EE plan.
To fit every BT customer with a Home Hub 6 with a built in 4G EE Femtocell, so they can charge exhorbitant 4GB mobile rates / 'per MB' Data rates* gouging the customer, for data sent over the customer's own FTTC connection (charged twice), that has only been made possible because of vast amount of subsidies paid by the UK taxpayer (charged thrice). You couldn't make it up.
*upto £7.50 per MB for roaming rates/overseas customers.
... so why would they share their mobile network infrastructure? By controlling access to the wholesale infrastructure, they control the market.
Last time I looked at anything "complex", doing it "quickly" was a sub-optimal approach, cough.
BT (Group) need to try harder and up their end consumer service standards, before getting bigger.I applaud the competition watchdog for taking their time, turning all the rocks over. Let the whack-a-mole games begin.
..given our history as a natural and willing wholesaler, enabling other companies to use the networks we own.
If they were so willing, why does OFCOM have to force them to offer the service?
If they are so willing, why are they kicking up a fuss about sharing their fibre network.?
On hold for 20 minutes yesterday trying to clear up BT bill overcharge dating back to January when unknown to me they started charging for caller ID.
So angry when finally connected to Indian call centre, told them to issue new correct bill or I would close the account.
When the land-line literally fell off our outside wall, BT tried to charge us £150 to get someone to reattach it! I was gobsmacked by the brass neck of it all thinkling how much they'd earned in rental over the years.
Chancers. Utter chancers.
The fibre-broadband we all paid for with our taxes is sitting in a nice new shiny box down the road. I can't afford to connect to it.
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