Re: @Lee D
> Last time it was state controlled it took forever to get a basic fixed line installed, you often had to share a line with neighbours due to under-investment, and you got a crummy bakelite phone that looked like something from the 1940s (because it was).
I'm getting a bit tired of correcting this crap.
BT privatisation co-incided with the introduction of System X exchanges. Indeed, the perceived cost of the changeover was the original driver for privatisation.
BT service was crap because of analogue exchanges - not because of its ownership. BT service became better becasue of digital exchanges - not because of its ownership.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
