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it 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 n
by blibble 12y ago
it 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.