Originally Posted by
dtaylor1984
What a ridiculous mischaracterisation of the scheme. The article makes no mention of wandering down the street, but of someone in their own home. The level of signal involved is not "watch[ing videos on] their iPhones" but receiving phonecalls.
And such investment has a defined benefit. Pouring £200m down the drain does not.
to be fair the operators have payed a blinder and got the government to pay for Half the cost which they were on the hook for already...