Ofcom Retaliates Clips BTs Ear
Posted: 08th Dec, 2004 By: MarkJ
Ofcom's boss, Stephen Carter, has clipped BT's ears after the operator signalled that it might not comply with everything the regulator set out:
"There's a lot of room for discussion. I'm not sure I would describe it as room for manoeuvre. I don't at this stage, and I never have thought, that it's constructive to characterise it as a conflict or a contest. We've had 20-odd years of it working one way, we're trying to suggest it could work another way.
"My own view, and this is one I think shared by many people, and I would include BT in that, is that this requires substantial change in some areas and I think we can make that work. Like everything, the genie is in the detail and right now we're working on that detail."
We doubt Ofcom's remarks will do anything to prevent BT from standing its corner. More @ The Register.
"There's a lot of room for discussion. I'm not sure I would describe it as room for manoeuvre. I don't at this stage, and I never have thought, that it's constructive to characterise it as a conflict or a contest. We've had 20-odd years of it working one way, we're trying to suggest it could work another way.
"My own view, and this is one I think shared by many people, and I would include BT in that, is that this requires substantial change in some areas and I think we can make that work. Like everything, the genie is in the detail and right now we're working on that detail."
We doubt Ofcom's remarks will do anything to prevent BT from standing its corner. More @ The Register.
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