RB>> Kick the government out of Deutsche Telekom, break their effective RB>> monopoly, and the situation will change.
MV> And leave it to "the market? Yes, that will change the situation. It MV> is what we did with the gas, the water and the electricity. Twenty MV> five years ago the power was in the care of engineers that took pride MV> in keeping things running. Now it is in the care of managers who's MV> first priority is to keep themselves and the shareholders happy. Did MV> that change the situation? Sure it did! It became more expensive and MV> less reliable. A change indeed. But not for the better...
Strange... we've had an open market for gas and electricity for several years, and I have changed providers of both, but have never noticed any problems. Maybe the providers in NL are not as reliable as the ones in Germany.