[FridayoLeary]

Is it? In the UK BT owns all the wires and stuff yet i don't think it majorly affects consumers, nor are their competitiors being crushed.

[ssss11]

There are a couple of others who own wires but really only in London (colt, forget the other one)

BT retail (the arm that sells to clients) has strict rules that forbid it from sharing with BT wholesale (the arm that sells to the other ISPs) so BT retail really can’t crush the competitors.. I don’t know the exact arrangement but they’re treated like any other ISP customer I believe

[gerdesj]

See if you can find our ENUM registry and use it.

BT doesn't own our wires as such. OpenReach does (yes they were formally BT but spinned off).

BT or OpenReach - who cares? The important thing is functionality. I'd like to provide you with a novel telephony setup but the lack of ENUM means I am not able to do that.

[M2Ys4U]

>BT doesn't own our wires as such. OpenReach does (yes they were formally BT but spinned off).

Openreach are a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT, they're not really independent.

[cortesoft]

Depends on how heavily regulated it is