British Telecom OpenReach Not Making Brits Happy
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British government officials are unhappy with the subsidizing of British Telecom through the OpenReach program meant to bring broadband to those in the UK that lack access. Nearly six million in the UK are without access to the Internet still and the current program sees the taxpayers paying for BT to run lines and BT getting to own the lines afterwards, not making anyone happy.
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Call me cynical, but I suspect some of the politicians behind this are in the pocket of BT's biggest rival, Rupert Murdoch, and he's behind this sudden desire to clip BT's wings.
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What is his investment on the UK side? Does he own a cable carrier or alternative fiber carrier? I'm not familiar with his holding's identities over there.
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He owns Sky which rivals BT for both broadband and TV channels. I don't believe there's any money in broadband, it's all about who controls the TV channels.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
He owns Sky which rivals BT for both broadband and TV channels. I don't believe there's any money in broadband, it's all about who controls the TV channels.
Ah, I knew about Sky but did not know that they offered a broadband service.
I would have guessed the opposite, no long term money in television, it's all about controlling the access to Netflix.
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Over here TV is dominated by football. Netflix isn't so big, as it's mainly US series and the big UK series are all on terrestrial (free-to-air) TV. And TV, phone & broadband is generally sold as a single package. So most people get everything from either BT or Sky - TV, land-line, broadband and sports channels.
