Comments on: Making sure super fast is super competitive http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/09/26/3272/ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:19:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fred http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/09/26/3272/comment-page-1/#comment-32146 Fred Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:58:29 +0000 http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/?p=3272#comment-32146 When BT was a publicly owned entity, there could be an argument for a monopoly like position, after all it was a national interest, however BT has been private for a great many years, and so it should be compulsory for BT to share ducts, poles and any other infrastructure needed for any willing supplier to enter the telecom market. I would also argue that as BT are already being given a large cash sum to fund some of this new infrastructure, that it would be morally wrong for them to hold out that they have 'ownership' of those assets paid for from the public purse. When BT was a publicly owned entity, there could be an argument for a monopoly like position, after all it was a national interest, however BT has been private for a great many years, and so it should be compulsory for BT to share ducts, poles and any other infrastructure needed for any willing supplier to enter the telecom market.

I would also argue that as BT are already being given a large cash sum to fund some of this new infrastructure, that it would be morally wrong for them to hold out that they have ‘ownership’ of those assets paid for from the public purse.

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