Re: Much as it pains me
Quote: At least BT bothered to cable the entire country.
Way back when there was BT or ... well, nothing. It was back then certainly worth them cabling the entire country. If the underlying cabling was being laid for the first time NOW, we would POSSIBLY end up with a situation like the rail service is now. One area served exclusively by BT, another by Virgin, and another by TalkTalk, all laying cable in a few areas and expanding from that as and when it could be paid for. But at the time, there was only BT, so every home connected to the phone network was running through BT. By being the only company laying the cable, they guaranteed massive proffits. That isn't true now, and in fact, the infrastructure is wholly looked after by a subsidiary of BT.
Quote: I'm sick and tired about VM going on about their speeds on TV and radio announcements when as far as I know they (or the companies they bought out) haven't cabled a new area in over a decade.
But you just said there were no areas left to cable... On a slightly less argumentative note, they are rolling out Fibre-Optic, rather then just talking about it, which from my talking to some of their various subscribers is what BT do... Just talk about it!
Personally, I would have given the cash to BT-Openworld (the cabling side of BT) on the provision that areas (still) without a broadband service faster then 512k were improved first. If BT (the service providing side) want a cash injection, they can bloody well improve their service and get more subscribers... the same as any business would have to do.