https://nostuff.org/archive/tags/bt/ Recent content in Bt on nostuff.org archive | Chris Keene Hugo en-gb Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:56:06 +0000 https://nostuff.org/archive/2008/bbc-news-bt-broadband-and-tiscali/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:56:06 +0000 https://nostuff.org/archive/2008/bbc-news-bt-broadband-and-tiscali/ <p>BT seem to play on ‘the safe default choice for the nation’ image while charging high prices and miking it for all they can. For years they had ‘technical problems’ in letting anyone else put equipment in to the exhanges that got handed to them after privatisation. There were in the strange situation of being the only organisation broadband suppliers could use to provide the connection to user’s homes (due to the previously mentioned reason), setting the price to their monopoly service and also being one of the consumer broadband suppliers itself. Conflict of interest?</p>