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[Connor]

This may be here nor there.

But wouldn't free broadband run all other broad band companies out of business? Sky and virgin may survive but the likes of Plusnet would go out of business overnight

That would be done job loss that

No, because not everywhere is connected by Openreach - the part Lab want to nationalise.

 

[tsubaki]

This may be here nor there.

But wouldn't free broadband run all other broad band companies out of business? Sky and virgin may survive but the likes of Plusnet would go out of business overnight

That would be done job loss that

Speaking as a former plusnet customer, I say game on. That firm are horrors.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Brilliant policy proposal. With banks looking to close branches everyone is going to need to run their finances online. It's going to be basic stuff in the future.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

'CVs at bottom of pile': Britons in EU say Brexit is taking its toll

Uncertainty over UK citizens’ future status is prompting some European employers to steer clear

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bruce Wayne]

This may be here nor there.

But wouldn't free broadband run all other broad band companies out of business? Sky and virgin may survive but the likes of Plusnet would go out of business overnight

That would be done job loss that

Without wishing to speak on their behalf, you'd imagine they're talking just about getting the pipes to everyone's houses rather than the ISPs themselves, although if you have the pipe but can't afford £30 a month or whatever then the pipes useless, so they may well get into the delivery business as well. This Labour government seem to think they're playing Sim City. All it needs is for Godzilla to be unleashed over Johnson's house.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Speaking as a former plusnet customer, I say game on. That firm are horrors.

I spoke with the guys behind Zen Internet a few months ago, and they have been one of the few employment beacons of light in Rochdale (you know, the kind of town that should be helped). But yeah. Nationalise the lot of them.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Brilliant policy proposal. With banks looking to close branches everyone is going to need to run their finances online. It's going to be basic stuff in the future.

You'd think 5G would be a more forward thinking, but hey ho.

 

[Eggs]

Local hospitals to me (Redhil/ Crawley) have most medical staff working 3 days on 4 days off, working 12 1/2 hour shifts (1/2 day plus a 15 minute handover at each end) - 37 1/2 hour week. Staff seem happy with it.

....my daughter’s a hospital surgeon, the amount of times her operations and clinic lists are cancelled is ridiculous. I think you don’t realise how bad things are until you have the misfortune of being centrally involved in the service.

The new Royal Liverpool Hospital has remained 2/3rds built for 2 years because the developer went bust. It’s a white elephant, yet it still has to be heated and lit up every day. Meanwhile, in the old building sewage seeps into the operating theatres.

 

[Jebus_lives]

This may be here nor there.

But wouldn't free broadband run all other broad band companies out of business? Sky and virgin may survive but the likes of Plusnet would go out of business overnight

That would be done job loss that

I would assume, dangerous territory I know, that it would exist largely in the same way that the NHS might. There is the option to go to another provider if you want to.

Virgin care, BUPA, private ambulance providers still.operate alongside a nationalised health service..

 

[Jebus_lives]

Without wishing to speak on their behalf, you'd imagine they're talking just about getting the pipes to everyone's houses rather than the ISPs themselves, although if you have the pipe but can't afford £30 a month or whatever then the pipes useless, so they may well get into the delivery business as well. This Labour government seem to think they're playing Sim City. All it needs is for Godzilla to be unleashed over Johnson's house.

Loved that game.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I would assume, dangerous territory I know, that it would exist largely in the same way that the NHS might. There is the option to go to another provider if you want to.

Virgin care, BUPA, private ambulance providers still.operate alongside a nationalised health service..

It's dangerous ground though, especially as the other providers will need access to piping and all that, which they'd have to go to the government for (in this instance). Major competition concerns, and you'd imagine incumbents would protest in the courts.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

You'd think 5G would be a more forward thinking, but hey ho.

What in bed with China, that's not very Trumpian.

 

[tsubaki]

I spoke with the guys behind Zen Internet a few months ago, and they have been one of the few employment beacons of light in Rochdale (you know, the kind of town that should be helped). But yeah. Nationalise the lot of them.

Well, they wouldn’t be nationalised by this.

Though I am a bit perplexed why you are suddenly interested in protecting local firms; I mean when it’s globalisation or technological change bringing benefits for many whilst harming a few you seem to be more in favour of it.

I mean, if 5G takes off and gives the sort of speeds it advocates (20gigs/sec) the likes of Zen are pretty much ruined anyway, aren’t they?

 

[Jebus_lives]

And that is fair enough. But these days we have tribunals and legal recourse and very cheap (about £20 per year) insurance to cover any legal fees. The days of the ‘I’m part of the Union’ have long gone.....I hope everything has worked out for you btw......

When you say 'these days' I assume you mean anything post 1960s?

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

BT estimate the cost of Labour's renationalization (excuse my Z... Windows 10 auto spellchecker) at a cool 100bn.

Most of it on plastic phones you have to wait 6 months for.