Tim W wrote:
James Salisbury nntp.dsl.pipex.com
wibbled on Tuesday 10 November 2009 21:05


Yes you are missing something. Work out how much it costs to provide
that cable, and who paid for it. It was explained to me by a BT manager
it can take some years before a line returns a profit.

Yes - but the lifetime of the cable should be quite a lot longer. I think it
would be quite reasonable to get a single[1] line installed for nowt on the
expectation that BT *will* derive a profit from it in the medium term.

Not if the moment the contract is up you switch to someone else.

DE regulation means BT the customer retail cant make a profit on you to
cover BT openreach the connector.

so you get cheaper calls, more expensive installation.