The point being they were an even bigger shit show when they were in public hands. Privatisation gave us the ability to move away from them. I had Mercury and then Virgin (and a hugely better service… (View Post)

Thanks for the warning. Though to be fair you drunk postings will probably still make more sense than some of the contributions we get here. :) (View Post)

One helped galvanise the other. The idea that BT would be better now if it were still in public hands - particularly if it still had the telecoms monopoly as it did until pivatisation, is for the bir… (View Post)

You clearly don't remember the stalinist system that existed when it was run by the Post Office. You want a new phone line. Make sure you are at home in the afternoon in 4 months time. Oh and we… (View Post)

Privatisation of the telephone system certainly wasn't disastrous. It was transformative in a positive way. (View Post)