Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Wed, 29 May 91 14:56:11 BST From: bmontgom@hvtvm4.vnet.ibm.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Are Telco Profits Too Large? Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 409, Message 8 of 10 Lines: 32 Hello again, Someone is awake and noticed my mistake. I should have said 3000 million, well 3050 million (97/sec) pounds! Approximately 5500 million US Dollars per annum. Incidentally the title had been 'moderated from profits ... to excessive profits -- and I agree! BTW I hadn't realised the difference in 'billion' but million means 1,000,000! Thanks for pointing it out. You learn something every day! As far as it being excessive, isn't that why 'Ma Bell' was split up and de-regulation etc? Currently there is one other choice for non-local (incidentally ALL calls are timed), Mercury, they complain (justifiably?) that BT charge too much for local links. Hopefully with the governments new legislation there will be possibilities for change with British Rail, Water Boards (canals), as LD carriers but all still relying on BT for local links. Perhaps if we get modern technology like cable there will be opurtunities for other 'local' links. I'd be interested to hear any comments from others with experience of BT, et al. For all the moans and groans of the US system, it still seems to be light years ahead of ours, from my limited experience anyway. Does this make matters better (or worse?) Cheers, Bryan M.