In reply to a post by flippery:

So, if BT put their customers under Plusnet umbrella. Would this mean BT contract customers could move away without penalty.

Why would they want to do that?

Putting EE fixed line broadband customers under the PlusNet umbrella is a possible outcome and maybe what they meant.

Does it mean leaving without penalty? Only if there is a change to the price or terms of service.

In reply to a post by mlmclaren:

Seems BT no longer wants to be in the background and now wants to be a big player in the communications game.

If BT buy EE then it wouldn't surprise me if Sky snapped up the rest of O2... or maybe Virgin might buy someone!!

The most likely purchaser of o2 would be TalkTalk, not Sky. Vodafone is actually in talks with Sky about linking up to try and minimise BT's effect into pay TV.

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In reply to a post by mlmclaren:

Seems BT no longer wants to be in the background and now wants to be a big player in the communications game.

If BT buy EE then it wouldn't surprise me if Sky snapped up the rest of O2... or maybe Virgin might buy someone!!

The most likely purchaser of o2 would be TalkTalk, not Sky. Vodafone is actually in talks with Sky about linking up to try and minimise BT's effect into pay TV.

While I agree on the Vodafone and Sky merger or take over, I don't quiet know why TalkTalk would be a more likely candidate for O2, Though the only other company I could emagine taking O2 would be Virgin but as mentioned above they can't.

Personally I wouldn't suggest anybody buy O2, they can't seem to provide rubbish service everywhere and nothing in town centres... I cleared one of their stores in Crawley earlier after telling everyone that there network was currently not working and has never worked well for me when traveling across the whole UK.

As a point of interest I don't see that quote in the linked article, and what The Times says seems more likely to me. The exclusive nature of the talks will continue for "several weeks".

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In reply to a post by mlmclaren:

Seems BT no longer wants to be in the background and now wants to be a big player in the communications game.

If BT buy EE then it wouldn't surprise me if Sky snapped up the rest of O2... or maybe Virgin might buy someone!!

The most likely purchaser of o2 would be TalkTalk, not Sky. Vodafone is actually in talks with Sky about linking up to try and minimise BT's effect into pay TV.

While I agree on the Vodafone and Sky merger or take over, I don't quiet know why TalkTalk would be a more likely candidate for O2, Though the only other company I could emagine taking O2 would be Virgin but as mentioned above they can't.

TalkTalk already are in partnership with O2 who are providing 2G, 3G and 4G services for TalkTalk. It would make sense for TalkTalk to actually buy O2 for its' network infrastructure, and O2 has effectively put itself up for sale with its' approach to BT.

It is very possible that Hutchison_Whampoa will be interested in buying O2 under the Three banner. That's what happened to O2 Ireland.

That would be amusing, as they used to own Orange.

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The most likely purchaser of o2 would be TalkTalk, not Sky. Vodafone is actually in talks with Sky about linking up to try and minimise BT's effect into pay TV.

While I agree on the Vodafone and Sky merger or take over, I don't quiet know why TalkTalk would be a more likely candidate for O2, Though the only other company I could emagine taking O2 would be Virgin but as mentioned above they can't.

TalkTalk already are in partnership with O2 who are providing 2G, 3G and 4G services for TalkTalk. It would make sense for TalkTalk to actually buy O2 for its' network infrastructure, and O2 has effectively put itself up for sale with its' approach to BT.

O2 was only just aware that TT and O2 had an agreement for Mobile, I thought they where still using Vodafone!

Edited by mlmclaren (Tue 16-Dec-14 17:28:02)

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

It is very possible that Hutchison_Whampoa will be interested in buying O2 under the Three banner. That's what happened to O2 Ireland. That would be amusing, as they used to own Orange.

I hope not. Hard to keep up with these megadeals. I bought a PAYG smartphone from Tesco (I know, I know ) which was fine until Tesco switched supplier from Vodafone to O2. The phone is locked to Tesco for a year so I can't switch supplier even though the O2 coverage is poor compared to Vodafone and at home I have no signal at all. My wife on Three has far better coverage and pays 3p per minute compared with my 8p on Tesco.

But if Three bought O2 maybe yours would end up (after a while) as good as your wife's?