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For anyone else wondering what the hell "BT" is, it's British Telecom, an ISP.
by wcarss 12y ago
For anyone else wondering what the hell "BT" is, it's British Telecom, an ISP.
- blibble 12y agoit hasn't been British Telecom since 1991. these days they're into just about everything: landlines, tv, internet, mobiles, you name it. they tend to have a notorious reputation for providing a bad service, with their internet service being the prime example... god help you if something goes wrong with your phoneline.
- medecau 12y agoWould BT be the UK's version of Comcast?
- Aeoxic 12y agoMore or less, except Britain is currently experiencing the aftershock of David "Think of the Children" Cameron and his band of privacy-hating merrymen. While Verizon was caught out recently tracking users and Comcast maybe does the same, at least they don't forcibly restrict you from using HTTPS.
- kalleboo 12y agoI'd say a better analogy would be AT&T since it's the former monopoly
- corford 12y agoYes although our government has forced them to open up the last mile to competition. So unlike with Comcast/AT&T, at least here you can switch to a more palatable ISP fairly easily & quickly. You're still somewhat at the mercy of BT's engineers though if you have a fault on your line.
- andreasvc 12y agoAren't all of those about telecommunications? The name seems apt.
- vilhelm_s 12y agoThey officially changed name in 1991 to be called just "BT".
- bruceboughton 12y agoI'm not sure they do have a reputation for providing a bad service. BT Infinity blows the competition out of the water, has no bandwidth limits at the £26/mo option and is very reliable.