I think that the BB side is ok Bob, unfortunately they are also just about the only alternative telecommunications provider in the UK to the virtual monopoly held by BT (British Telecoms).
The restrictive practises of both these organisations due to a lack of competition and no doubt many backhanders around government circles often in the form of "donations" to political parties, if not to the individuals themselves, then we are caught by the short and curlies
We have to pay higher charges for lesser services and speeds than almost anywhere in the world with a large percentage of the population unable to even get BB from either provider.
I live less than 100 yards from houses connected to a cable system and I am unable to get cable here so I dont even have the choice of who I go with for my residential phone line, its BT only for me or no line at all and have to just use my mobile
Fortunately as we are British we are born with "stiff upper lips" and are used to being ripped off by all and sundry but for some reason we still put up with it year after year after year
Do you know that the average cost of 2 star is around 80p per litre over here Bob, thats probably around the same as you pay per gallon
Most consumer goods cost in £s to us what they would cost you in $s
There was even a court case by Levi jeans againg Tesco last year as they wanted to buy jeans from retail outlets in the USA, Europe and worldwide, and sell them cheaper in their own stores in the UK than they could buy from the official Levi supplier.
Guess what happened ?
The judge ruled that Tesco couldnt buy from where they wanted, regardless of whether they had to pay import duty or not, and sell at a cheaper price to us in the UK
