tony sayer wrote:
Chris Bacon writes
Question:- What do the letters "ntl" stand for?

They were taken from the original company which once was the Independent
Broadcasting Authority this was sold off for a song and turned into
National Transcommunications Ltd which though rather imposing was
abbreviated to ntl when the company was again bought out by the cabletel
company IIRC...

Wow! Result! Thanks, I had wondered about telephone, telecomms, etc. -
another useful piece of information to squirrel away!