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October 09, 2005
Hiatus
British Telecom kindly restored my broadband connection on Friday 7 October.
When we moved to Haddington three weeks ago, they originally told us there was no line to the house. Eventually they discovered there was one, but until the number was put in their database, I was not allowed to apply for broadband. Then when I was able to apply, they did not enable it by the agreed date.
It would be better if the telecoms did not control access to the internet. They never expected to have it, showed scant interest in DSL when it first appeared, at first attempted to delay its implementation, and then tried to squeeze as much money out of it as possible when they realized what had landed in their very corporate laps.
What are the alternatives? I have always argued that just as we own our own houses, cars, washing machines, computers and indeed telephones we should aldo be allowed to own the 40p-worth of copper wiring that links it to the nearest CAB box (I believe that is the right technical term) or, if practicable, the whole individual installation up to and including the unique line card in the local telephone exchange.
At the point where the individual line meets the larger system, the user should have a free choice of services from internet and telecom providers.
Posted by Simon Holledge at October 9, 2005 07:30 PM
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