British Telecom takes on Apple in digital music download mar...

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[mac 2005]

What's the expression?

Often imitated but never duplicated.

Get in line BT.

[Nickygoat]

If its run by BT it's bound to be crap - look at everything else they do. And the bit about "users are willing to pay more for extra services"? Rubbish. £1.50 - £2.50 for a music download? When I can get it from iTMS for 79p and transfer it (even if I have to break the DRM) - give me a break.

[crap freakboy]

Anybody who may have had the misfortune to use BT will know they are probably the worst telecommuncations company in the world. Infact I'd go so far as saying that they beat M$ for underhand behaviour toward customers and the Telcom industry at large.

[Nermal]

Anybody who may have had the misfortune to use BT will know they are probably the worst telecommuncations company in the world.

Try coming to NZ one day :eek:

[JordanNZ]

Try coming to NZ one day :eek:


Ugh... Thats all I have to say.

[Nermal]

Ugh... Thats all I have to say.

*moderator sense activated*
And you're using Xtra too! :eek:

[Peterkro]

Having used both I think Telecom edges it,if my memory serves me correctly some of Telecoms dead weight(upper management) are ex BT.

[winmacguy]

*moderator sense activated*
And you're using Xtra too! :eek: At least no one is putting Posthole borers through Telstra's Fibre :rolleyes: :p

[Nermal]

Meanwhile, my Telstra connection went faster than usual, thanks to a nice empty network :D

[AlmostThere]

Note this is not really taking on the iPod. It is offering live TV and radio to mobile phones with downloads just one of many services.

Unless of course iPods have suddenly become able to download data wherever they are and have become capable of playing television broadcasts.

[awulf]

Meanwhile, my Telstra connection went faster than usual, thanks to a nice empty network :D

I have to say Telstra are the worst. Example, our exchange recently got ADSL enabled, we wanted to use TPG as the ISP, but a few weeks passed since signing up, and then Telstra told us we cant get ADSL due to unspecified problems. So we decided to try signing up to Telstra's BigPond, within a few days we had ADSL from Telstra.
This is as bad as MS, Telstra using their monopoly to illegally gain customers. The government should have never ever sold Telstra.

[iMeowbot]

BT replies to this iPod comparison: Huh? (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=24099)

[Nermal]

I have to say Telstra are the worst.

Yeah, I've heard that they're pretty bad over there. Interestingly, the roles seem to be reversed here. Telstra are the good guys, and Telecom (AAPT) are the bad guys :rolleyes:

[JordanNZ]

Yeah, I've heard that they're pretty bad over there. Interestingly, the roles seem to be reversed here. Telstra are the good guys, and Telecom (AAPT) are the bad guys :rolleyes:


Meh, as much as I hate Telecom. It works out cheaper with our 2mb line.

[Nermal]

My Telstra 2 Mb line is $44.95 :D