[ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

[Ian Pascoe]

Matt

Honestly, I don't think your utopia will happen anywhere outside of large
metropolises - with the advent of local loop unbundling and WLR 3.

It's now more cost effective as a Telco to get BT to install your line and
then badge it as your own as the infrastructure cost in getting service out
to your subsrivers is, well, phenomonal.  This is why BT as was has been
broken up into seperate trading units and n'er the twain shall meet without
undue punishment.

Of course, if you're lucky enough to live in a cabled area, you can jump
onto that bandwagon and enjoy those delights.

E

PS  This may be slightly biased as I'm employed by a BT subsidary.

-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com]On Behalf Of Tony Travis
Sent: 26 October 2007 18:33
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?


Matthew Larsen wrote:
>> [...]
> Well your a very lucky dog because BT is absolutely appauling with me,
> and has been since 2001. They are slow, expensive, force you to have a
> phone line, unreliable, traffic filter when they feel like and enforce
> their stupid rules on you (ie they always have to send mail to your BT
> account: Even if you NEVER use it because they spam you on it). They
> are not interested in getting off their backsides to help you as a
> user. Ever. They lie. They cheat. I hate them and unfortunatly the
> government will not do anything to sort them out. I believe they are
> crippling this country with their incompetence.
>
> Unfortunatly they own 99% of the phone lines so *nobody* has a choice.
>
> I am looking forward to WIMAX to get away from them.

Hello, Matthew.

Seems I'm very lucky too: No complaints about BT, and we have two lines
into our house just for good measure ;-)

	Tony.
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