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BT are really worried SKY could kill their mobile sales. I remember speaking to someone high up in EE that said SKY buying over a network would allow them to ultra competitive as they would run the mobile side at almost a loss but make it up with Broadband/Landline/TV costs. Which would kill sales from EE/BT unless they really react, I expect it to be not as bad seeing it's an MVNO deal, but their sim only existing customer prices should shake things up a little for the other networks.
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BT are really worried SKY could kill their mobile sales. I remember speaking to someone high up in EE that said SKY buying over a network would allow them to ultra competitive as they would run the mobile side at almost a loss but make it up with Broadband/Landline/TV costs. Which would kill sales from EE/BT unless they really react, I expect it to be not as bad seeing it's an MVNO deal, but their sim only existing customer prices should shake things up a little for the other networks.
Sky/Mobile will not be a threat to BT, they can get equally as competitive, as can Vodafone (who also have deep pockets). |
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Shame Vodafone never want to actually invest any money in better service. They just spend it on more middle managers.
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BT has deeper pockets than Sky. Sky is riddled with debt, where as BT isn't, got billions in the bank. BT could out spend Sky and then some, should Sky pose a threat commercially then BT will go toe to toe with them as they have done since they won EPL rights.
Sky/Mobile will not be a threat to BT, they can get equally as competitive, as can Vodafone (who also have deep pockets).
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Well it could get interesting as look at the prices Tesco offer. That gives an idea of what an MVNO can offer I guess on o2.
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BT could spend money on doing proper fibre to the home but they cant be arsed
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Did anyone else get this email from EE
Hi Paul, Sky is set to launch a new mobile service this winter called Sky Mobile. Existing Sky customers are able to register their interest in the service from Monday 31st October. So far, no details of prices or packages have been released… this is where you come in! If you are an existing Sky customer, we would like you to keep an eye out for any promotions you receive from Sky about Sky Mobile offers and let us know about it on our new forum: Interesting tactics |
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O2 isn't worse then EE in Edinburgh.
I tried it out for a month and 4G was a joke. Thought my phone was faulty then the guy in the EE store reluctantly admitted that they were having ongoing technical issues in the city. I stuck my phone on 3G only, and it worked slowly most of the time except for occasional Android message that the network didn't support mobile data, that I've never seen with a O2 or 3 sim card. |
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BT could spend money on doing proper fibre to the home but they cant be arsed
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They're a business, not a charity.
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Sky could run mobile as a loss leader , however I wonder if it will be a success? People tend to be quite loyal on phone networks, especially the higher end users. EE have the network and all the extras to keep the higher end customer happy.
Does any MVNO have WiFi calling yet? Also I suspect Tesco won't sit back if Sky come on the market, given they have the same network and access to 4g as Sky will have. |
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I was all for it until I found out it runs on O2, terrible network, I have had a personal mobile on O2 and also a work phone, sometimes the calls would not go through, had signal issues, terrible.
And I'm in London. |
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God not that tired old story again
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They're a business, not a charity.
Glad you two are happy to defend the lazy useless monopoly. |
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They're a business, not a charity.
BT will realise that FTTH is the future. I mean, they did - in the 80s - and it looks like they'll have to rediscover it. Other legacy telcos are already there and are crowing on about how much cheaper it is to run a fibre network vs copper - not to mention how it enables increased revenues (you can sell those ultra expensive leased lines without having to lift a finger to provide them - just change the boxes at the ends of the pre-existing fibre) |
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But the majority of the public are perfectly happy with their speed - current fibre pleases the customer on the whole, so that will suit BT.
Why fit FTTP when people are happy with the current super fast offering? |
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But the majority of the public are perfectly happy with their speed - current fibre pleases the customer on the whole, so that will suit BT.
Why fit FTTP when people are happy with the current super fast offering? But the majority of the public were perfectly happy with 2Mbps ADSL just a few years ago. So it is fairly sensible to think that in a few more years, the number of people unhappy with FTTC speeds will increase. Short term, yeah FTTC is fine. But if you are looking long term (more than just a few years), then doing FTTH from the start would have been more cost effective. |
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Glad you two are happy to defend the lazy useless monopoly.
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That doesn't mean they're making the right long term decisions, though. Spending billions on FTTC was all well and good in the short term - it's just a shame that most of the equipment is obsolete from the day it goes in, because BT chose to go with a technology that is several years old (and a network architecture from the 90s)
BT will realise that FTTH is the future. I mean, they did - in the 80s - and it looks like they'll have to rediscover it. Other legacy telcos are already there and are crowing on about how much cheaper it is to run a fibre network vs copper - not to mention how it enables increased revenues (you can sell those ultra expensive leased lines without having to lift a finger to provide them - just change the boxes at the ends of the pre-existing fibre)
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It would not be a shock if 02 sold them giffgaff its a ready made network for them and iirc 02 want out
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It would not be a shock if 02 sold them giffgaff its a ready made network for them and iirc 02 want out
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That's disappointing to hear. Edinburgh seems to be poor for 4G in general - mainly in terms of capacity. Bizarrely, Three seems to be the most reliable, even though their 4G is less extensively deployed.
Regularly get these speeds in the city centre nowadays. http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/1790783339 |
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Yes they would rather spunk it all on Football rights giving over paid and over sexed footballers more money than even world leaders get. All for kicking a ball around a park for 90 minutes a week.
Glad you two are happy to defend the lazy useless monopoly. Saying all of that, would we be better of if the network stayed in government hands? But even in private hands there have a been a load of tax money spent on the network over the last few years which BT will benefit from. |
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But the majority of the public are perfectly happy with their speed - current fibre pleases the customer on the whole, so that will suit BT.
Why fit FTTP when people are happy with the current super fast offering? Even some people who do have FTTC, have a pretty naff speed for the price they are paying. |
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I can live with ADSL to a degree, but it is a pain if I need to upload video to YouTube (when I switch to 4G).
But I'm considering buying an Ultra HD TV and for streaming, I have to get a faster connection. I don't fancy buying physical media to play, so I'm stuffed as using 4G would be far too expensive. |
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Yes it's the upload that is the killer on ADSL.
If you had an ADSL router for downloads, but it also had the facility to switch to a 4g sim for uploads, many people would just stick with ADSL. There are not that many residential users who are brothered about the potential max speed that they can get from FTTC, let alone FTTP. |
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