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Story: BT satellite broadband gets cool reception

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What i want to know is why is it 'BT' that recieves all the 'partnerships' and dubious state funding.

BT is no a state run company, its private which people seem to forget.

So how about RDA's , Councils and government using their positions/funding to develop competition for BT instead of making it an ever larger monopoly who can charge what it wants?.

A years work by a small wireless company to provide broadband in an area was basically wiped out recently by "partnership" funding from an RDA to BT approaching £1M of tax payers money so they could "enable 3 exchanges". One of which apart from being the home of one of the officials involved, was also the one destined for an alternate wireless solution.

How can small companies compete with BT if they are public funded when we get told "sorry that would be state aid".

Perhaps Ofcom should address these issues as well.

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