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On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 12:01:36PM +0100, John Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 11:24 +0100, Henry Bremridge wrote: > > I have never understood how paying an extra layer of "wages" to > stockholders is better. Competition and efficiency can surely be > achieved without that, but that is another issue entirely ;) > You may be amused (or cry further) http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=BT&t=my&l=on&z=m&q=l&p=&a=&c= in USD http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=BT.L&t=my&l=on&z=m&q=l&p=&a=&c= in GBP Basically excluding dividends BT appears to have lost money for its shareholders since 1986 <snip> > > Personally I would like a law passed that says: > > - Any new houses / buildings must be connected to fibre optic cable > Unlikely to happen imo, isn't there a house shortage at the moment so > the Govt isn't going to put things in the way of building for a few > years. There is certainly a shortage of cheap houses and there is a shortage of easy money to buy more expensive houses. Not sure if there is any data on second houses. > > > - Any ISP / telco must have a simple webpage that provides MAC codes > > on demand and switching must be simple and automatic. The page should > > also be linked to lists of alternative suppliers who meet "quality" > > standards. > A good idea, but again isn't going to happen imo. The outcry from having > to "advertise" competitors would be febrile, to say the least. > :) But it would force the bad suppliers to wake up. Particularly if the webpage was linked to a Government site that referred to an Ombudsman that fined and published bad providers http://www.otelo.org.uk/ -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 Tue Jul 27 12:32:44 BST 2010
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