Re: BT vs DT
"the German Government has a completely different relationship with DT to the one that the UK government has with BT."
Go on. Compare and contrast. Preferably remembering to note that BT (UK) never really had affordable ISDN of any kind, whereas ISDN in Germany was not only affordable but widely deployed, at a time when BT UK HQ were still dreaming about the laughable BT Midband not-a-product (I kid you not).
And here we are a decade and a half later, BT still as clueless and profitable and badly regulated as ever. Scum.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/04/28/bt_midband_to_cost/
"BT's "midband" service - a 128k Net access product based on ISDN and aimed at people who can't get broadband - is to cost significantly more and do even less than the telco's entry-level ADSL service.
When details of BT Midband were first raised in November last year it was suggested that the service would cost around £25-£30 a month - the same(ish) as existing BT's ADSL services.
But documents seen by The Register reveal that BT Midband is to cost £35 a month and limit users to up to 150 hours online a month. [continues]"
Biting the hand that feeds IT
