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Abject, I too read some of Fleccy’s posts which sometimes show a rudimentary understanding of some technicals. I’ve seen him confuse basic things like quantisation. No engineer of any standing would get confused with such things. I’ve tried to explain in the past about application layers being able to request Mac addresses & other personal data (cookies) & that this would be immune to encryption (via third party access) but he didn’t get close to understanding this, stuck in rudimentary technical understanding that Mac addresses are only used for layer 2 routing…. When later 5 is requesting it not for routing, but as a unique identifier. I get frustrated as he presents himself as a technical expert for any of these discussions & embarrassed for those who think he is.
Erik - I didn’t realise they had parody accounts on here?
The obvious points you have missed are
- only incumbent had a fibre wholesale product, this now looks to be changing
- contracts along with everything else change. Virgin mobile recently signed a MVNO contract with Vodafone , which they paid their way out of now they partner O2
We are talking about plans and strategies over many years, not what has already happened.
& finally, yes, John Malone along with euro sport, itv, discovery and Warner brothers has first dibs on BT sport. paramount obviously already owned by Comcast.
Maybe analysis isn’t your thing?
Interesting article, I have identified this risk myself
Based on senior management moves between virgin, sky & liberty, there must be an opportunity of a deal, the kind of earth shattering deal John Malone is famous for.
Sky has already said they are moving away from satellites, the question is how will they do it? Will Comcast (sky owners) continue to rent network from incumbents or will this cable company drive Sky towards cable?
Comcast have a history of backing cable and attacking incumbents (Bell & AT&T)
I agree the virgin O2 venture makes a full takeover harder, but on the other hand, a fully fledged mobile network could be exciting for Comcast.
In terms of “cable cowboy” don’t be fooled, John Malone is pretty amazing, not only does he have huge investments in networks, he has been getting into content, itv, discovery, Warner brothers all under his spell. His other nickname is Darth Vader!!!!!
His prodegies are everywhere, including Sky’s CEO…….
Fleccy - “what’s wrong with this picture”
It’s sad. It’s ridiculous. It’s wrong. It claims certainty of the future. It’s plain wrong. It’s pathetic.
It shows a degree of dunning-Kruger. I’d suggest out of control dunning-Kruger syndrome. You should get some help with that.
Fleccy - oh & there I was thinking we were talking about the previous virgin media wholesale discussions & the potential for sky and others to use it.
I mean, silly of me, considering the SUBJECT of this thread. Of course for you, you want to attribute comments from an entirely different subject….
Funny that.
Fleccy - that’s funny. Stupidity and delusional. In equal measures
“Well we'll see who's right in a year, or so. I was right about Sky, i'll likely be right about this too.”
Obviously, for sky to use a Virgin wholesale product, Virgin first need a wholesale product….. oh wait, VM O2 announce a wholesale product & you think you’ve been proved right.
Honestly, cracks me up.
Fleccy - no I don’t agree with your analysis. I’ve already said, debt isn’t a problem. If your business model has always revolved around too much debt & been a successful strategy, it’s not necessarily a consideration
I think I already said VM O2 are going to try and disrupt the market, financially maybe not good choices, but as a disruptor to BT’s dominance it makes lots of sense & as always you’re underestimating the reach of VM O2 networks.
A VM O2 wholesale service will not be an attempt to replace BT, it will be to disrupt BT initially and take in from there, it’s called growth…. Sadly lacking in BT’s future & part of the SP problem.
Fleccy, you’re jumping the gun again. Of course they can still buy TT. You need to research John Malone, he feeds on debt. (He’s like a big boy Drahi), who also does his best work restructuring debt.
You really need to stop going off half ****ed. & BTW all those silly comments about my research of competition, I remember say “risk” but you sensationalise & misquote to feed your delusion.
Fleccy - you shouldn’t have a handle which auto corrects, to a more descriptive name.
But of course, the below is not what you said in response.
Someone presented you with an example of their pension illustration, which was probably correct, as an example why terms, conditions and times are tough / tougher, but that doesn’t fit your agenda, so you run off to try and make facts fit your delusion…. ( be warned anyone who listens to his opinion on here, it’s what he does)
If I was a psychologist this would be the easiest diagnosis all year.
Anyway, don’t both trying to misinterpret what I’ve said to continue the delusion. I’ve realised there’s little point arguing with anyone who wilfully misunderstands everything, to keep their sense of self trundling along.
Fleecy - only an idiot wouldn’t understand that a pension payout forecast would always be based around annuity & that is exactly what you’ve had put in front of you & still you want to argue and argue and misrepresent the facts written down for you to read….
It’s not difficult is it?
I believe it. Rather than find fault in what you are saying like fleecy is, I can see you might be looking at your projected retirement in 26 years time.
Some pensions annuity are paying very low percentage of pension pot, it’s quite possible £3.5 reflects a projected pot of well over £250,000.
DC pensions converted to a guaranteed monthly payment is pretty hideous. Shopping round only makes this option less hideous.
So I can easily see this is the case & I think world would be a better, kinder place if older generations worked out an accepted conditions are tough out there for people now, much more do than when they were working / younger. Housing, pensions & other outgoings have no comparison based on “now & then”
It’s literally ridiculous to deny this.
Wetherboy - maybe you should take a breath and think about this.
Your whole argument about comparisons between pensions falls dow at
“Putting 8% of salary” into a pension and suggesting there’s no argument about reduced benefits & new employees benefits compared to what you were lucky enough to receive.
Maybe at this point you would like to concede GRS is right.