m419
09-10-2008, 17:35
In 1994, The Independent had a story about Videotron launching its phone service in Westminster.
It was to offer telephone service but no TV to Westminster and corporation of london areas, no tv due to competition reasons with BT's existing cable company which is now part of Virgin Media now anyway.
According to the story, Videotron was to offer high speed internet,Video on demand and cheap phone service down such telephone lines.
I know they have constructed a phone network,Mercury connected a large number of telephone kiosks to the network, but how comes internet and Video on demand was never launched and why won't NTL/Virgin Media use it if its possible instead of putting up with that crap which BT installed in the 1970's all over the borough.
Here is the link about this:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_/ai_n14858589
It was to offer telephone service but no TV to Westminster and corporation of london areas, no tv due to competition reasons with BT's existing cable company which is now part of Virgin Media now anyway.
According to the story, Videotron was to offer high speed internet,Video on demand and cheap phone service down such telephone lines.
I know they have constructed a phone network,Mercury connected a large number of telephone kiosks to the network, but how comes internet and Video on demand was never launched and why won't NTL/Virgin Media use it if its possible instead of putting up with that crap which BT installed in the 1970's all over the borough.
Here is the link about this:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_/ai_n14858589