The UKs shittest, cheapest Telco and ISP are circling the bowl. One company I won't be sad to see flushed. https://www.cityam.com/talktalk-the-telecoms-titan-on-the-brink/
Actually, there is one glaring problem with the demise of talktalk. They are the operator of last resort for a lot of vulnerable people that can't afford better. I worry that a lot of people, including the elderly, unemployed and disabled will lose a vital lifeline. Shit service is better than no service. The way the world is now, internet access has to be seen as a human right. With so much of our lives conducted online, digital poverty is lethal.
@fatedfox Honestly I don't think I'd have a problem with a government run telecoms company ala "Great British Railways"
@renbymon I'm just about old enough to remember when we had one! Australia has the NBN (national broadband network) which is a bit like openreach and an ISP combined, but it's beset with problems and it doesn't reach the places that need it most. I fear it'd be the same here.
@renbymon BT was privatised in 1984. We didn't get our first ISP until around 1990, which was Pipex!
@renbymon BTNet, the first iteration of BT Broadband was established in 1996 - just a useless fact :)
@renbymon Telewest installed the first cable broadband service in the UK, in Basildon, the same year that BTNet was launched :)