Re: Fun new policy at AOL

["Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve () telecomplete co uk>]

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Roland Perry wrote:

> In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0308281540350.4034-100000@MrServer>, Stephen
> J. Wilcox <steve () telecomplete co uk> writes
> > BT in the UK who as the incumbent are the only 
> > provider of things like unmetered dialup..
>
> I have a 19.99 a month unmetered dialup from Freeserve (based on
> FRIACO). There must be others.

i was avoiding going into detail as  most ppl here are probably not that 
interested in the uk setup.. 

its complicated, energis, worldcom operate their own pstn friaco, there are also 
ways of buying it in at sufficient volume as isdn or modem terminated l2tp or 
buying ports on someone elses platform. but my generalisation is that there is a 
dominant player in this market who is dominant as they can offer things which 
the others cant afford to do !

Steve