Are ISP's being bullied?
Have to be dead careful with this, but I was shocked to hear the London MD of Alta Vista say today that they were not able, nor have they ever been able, to open the FREE internet service they planned. The reason? They could not get the co-operation they expected.
They apparently had to complain to Oftel as well, and have dropped the scheme. Bad news!
Now! Right here right now, I have an ISP, which should have gone live 4 weeks ago, but their cables were severed!!!! It was then expected that they would go live on Monday evening, after four days of testing. Now it won't be until tomorrow evening. The reason being that mischievious hands appear to have been have been at work - including taking an excessively long time to complete the job.
These two are not the only examples. But the FACT is that lines must be released to whoever wants to setup and ISP. But........
Is this a case of bullying I wonder?