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Originally Posted by Sirius
Its called choice. Why force people to pay for it who dont watch or want it. ?
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It's not about choice. It's about what makes financial sense for BT.
Why would they withdraw the wholesale deal when they would get less money coming in if people had to purchase it separately? Doesn't make business sense.
That doesn't mean I don't sympathise with your sentiments, Sirius!
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
[/COLOR]lol, no one is being forced to pay for pay TV. There's a whole range of packs and providers out there and Vodafone is entering the market this year as well. The business model around packs is about the benefit of bulk buying and supplying in scale. You lose the cost benefits when you don't do this. That being said, there are some good options out there now for people who want more control over what they get eg TalkTalk TV, Netflix, Now TV, BT Sport, VuTV, etc. But the whole point of packs is that there will always be something in that pack to make it worthwhile getting. It will never be the whole pack as everyone's tastes are different and you can only ever watch a fraction of what you subscribe to anyway.
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Yes, Andrew, but we are forced to pay over the odds for the XL pack because of the BT channels which many do not want. We don't want to move to other providers.
The current system is not good for consumers and that's one of the reasons why I prefer the streaming choices that I have referred to in a separate thread on the future of linear TV.
Look at the huge choice you get on Netflix compared to the TV packs that we subscribe to through Virgin (and the same through Sky, etc). Not good value when you think about it, is it?