Posts by gautam 234 posts • joined 4 Jun 2007
As per info, its still advisory ! WIll the govt actually put a stop to this madness ? Will anyone get a High court stop/stay order ?
Is there any way to stop this sly information grab attempts? Can the company be closed down and public interest litigation started? Class action suit anyone?
I doubt it!
The police who are supposed to be doing the surveillance have outsourced their work to the Joe public. So why not dissolve this force and we all become self regulated anti-terrorist enforcers (Suspicious or otherwise)?
By the way when has surveillance worked for a determined Terrorist outfit?
Like all other goverment departments, we seriously need an Audit of Cost Effectiveness of such stupid and horrendously expensive measures.
If they can increase the cost of Passports. ID cards and other services to REFLECT the true cost of providing such services, can they now justify the billions spent on surveillance with increased number of terrorist arrests?? Its got be pro-rata and reflective of services provided. Same logic, innit??
MInes the bulletproof one with extra pockets for 4 mobile phones I carry.
Its the monopolistic price hikes that everyones about. How can you justify 1 pence calls to USA/CANADA and 3 pence to Autralia?NZ etc by indirect providers, against when calling my next door neighour 10 metres away (even in the evenings) is going to pur me back 8 pence for first minute??
PRICE GOUGING DUE TO MONOPOLY CONTROL OF THE NETWROK!
You must be big shareholder of BT ! Hogwash.
Its really funny (& sad) that one can call USA/Canada for 1 pence per minute anytime (1899.com and others) India/AUstralia/Far East for 3 to 5 pence per minute and my next door neighbour for more than 6 pence setup and 1.5 pence per minute! Distance of 5000 miles versus 5 metres. Where's the logic here?
BT AND OTHER PROVIDERS HAVE REALY STITCHED THIS UP (LLU & ALL THAT. UMBILICAL CORD TIED TO BT). Bcos people need broadband, its a vicelike grip they have on you. As a necessary evil.
There's just no excape from the greedy bastards.
Even if there were mass protests a-la French farmers, could we get far ? Unlikely in my opinion. US brits are wimps in that sector.
Isnt there a lawyer amongst the Reg readers who can take this up as a public interest class action litigation ?
Blood tears since the regular ones dried up long ago!
With the development in optics and imaging power, surely someone has to be able to "show" this Flag/pole/equipment etc that were left behind almost 40 yrs ago?
For that matter, wheres the youtube video of the downed rogue satellite?
I stil think its a ploy to spook the Russinas into an arms race and drain their purses, a la Reagan ! Or maybe more funds for NASA now that the blinkered American's appetite has been whetted.
Paris because she can see her eyelashes, at least.
Yet it still is a blessing in disguise for the £99 computer makers and Linux. THe more they keep the prices up, the better penetration for other distros and hardware sellers of these cheap machines. It beats me now why software more expensive than hardware?
Keep it up MS. Doomsday nearing.
After all hoopla and hype, its inconcievable that Russians and Chinese would have let this opportunity go without filming, tracking, monitoring this shootdown. If they can film the shuttle 400 miles above all the way down, why not this one?
Any chance that it may have missed and the hype survived? Cmon YOUTUBE, where's the clip?? Any amateurs out there have a clip or two?
Should be fun watching it all!
Funny its all happening now. Last few days everytime I try to Login to MSN Messenger, get a stock reply " we are unable to connect,........possibly because of a problem with your internet connection" . Now im very much on the internet (all day), can access hotmail regularly, but not thru Messenger! Anything to do with the server? Any help appreciated.
Thanks
So Vodafone have done it & t-mobile got its own back by bumping up the price. So does it mean Vodafone will offer any cheaper then t-mobile? Will they try something similar in UK ? Can any other UK operator ty this? And give reduced price in the name of competition? Would be interesting.
Its still a cartel here in UK.
Dont you ranters know where we live? Is it any surprise that all operators do this? This has to be the most hideous charge ever. Its cheaper( or free) to call my cousins in Canada and USA than call my Bank's local number on the high street, or my very next door neighbour for that matter.
How bad can it get!
OFCOm was in BTs pocket all along and now they suck up to all the other operators.
Consumers? Who are they?
Unless there is groundswell of revolt, we are in for a long ride. Maybe time to imitate the French Farmers.
Lets wait and see. At least they are trying to merge the 2 techs for consumers benefit.
Instead, Look what Vodafone and others are doing? Crippling N95 handsets (off Skype) hoping you will keep paying them stupid and obscene amounts and maintain their stranglehold and hope client inertia to carry them minting.
It was 3 network who rattled the market with Inclusive 500 minutes and texts at about £15 per month before the rest started to imitate inclusive deals, trying catchup. Was getting a bit cosy for them!
I just hope its a big shakeup there and VOIP is standard fare henceforth as part of the package. Well done 3.
Its a classic case of "You Screw my customers and I'll screw yours" when they roam and lets have our cocaine lifestyle with Gordon Brown as a guest. After all he benefitted from the spectrum Auction's largesse backed by mobile Telcos!
Payback time.
Consumers ? Who gives a f**k for them?
Long Live Ripoff Britain.
Who is scratching whose back now? AT&T was sinking (mobile) and Apple has bailed them out. No wonder they give 10% backhander! IN return Apple has an added revenue stream.
Not a bad business decision. But can the Analysts tell what percentage this jump in Sales fgigure came about AFTER prices were reduced?
Which brings us to the real issue. If correctly priced, its a good enough product. Anything higher due to hype is idiocy.
Given that even cable IS a Monopoly now, how about using anti-competitiveness/anti trust as an argument to force open network to new players (of course at a price - like BT does and milks smaller ISPs) ? Surely, better for competition ! The award winners have always been smaller players due to good services & support, which they can replicate on Cable network.
Any comments OFCOM ?
If this is workable, why is it that only BT is interested and that too only for IPTV (money/subscription- I guess) and not for actual Broadband?
Maybe the goverment should insist mass adoption, that way BT stranglehold on Adsl removed, Level playing field for all comers and lower costs for Consumers. Only those ISPs will win who can then provide good service and content.
Now that would be "Broadband for all in Britain" really at work. Are you listening Mr Brown ? Or is he in the Big Biz pockets and too many vested interests not allowing this mass adoption ? I SUSPECT SO !
Hows about if OFCOM makes a law and consumers insist that we should be charged pro-rata per the actual average speeds received? eg if you get 4Mbps, you shud be charged half of the normal monthly fee!
Just like phone bills being charged per usage .
Now this would be interesting and the four letter word "upto" will become history in ISp adverts.
Isnt it a repeat of the much touted WAP (where they wanted to charge by the Kilobyte!) and no one took it up in serious numbers? Corporate greed at its best (worst?) scenario. Guess what, they will say demand is not yet there or market is not mature enough and gloss over it.
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