major land phones in the uk??anybody knows ?

Question

i'm just asking if anybody knows which landline companies operate in the uk..other than bt and if someone could give me a brief history of telecommunication history in the uk???thank you

Answer 1

As a bargin hunter I have tried several of these companies in the past but whenever there is a problem they would always tell me to phone BT. BT cannot fix the problems if you pay line rental to another company so they like to fob you off.

So after a bad time with most of the other companies I have went back to BT, thier line rental and prices rival most of the companies and it is mostly public perseption that BT are the most expensive. They are not the cheapest but then again you get what you pay for.

Here is a list of all the different compaines that you can pay line rental to.


Alpha Telecom

Alpha Telecom was established in 1996 and is part of the Tele2 Group. Alpha Telecom concentrates on prepaid phone services and is one of the largest operators in this market.

Argos Telecom

Argos is the UK’s leading general merchandise retailer with sales of over £3 billion per year. The company has built a trusted, well-known brand name and has recently branched out into mobile phones and telecom services.

BT

BT is one of Europe’s biggest suppliers of telecommunication services. BT serves over 20 million customers, employs over 45,000 people and provides more than 25 million exchange lines.

Equitalk

Equitalk is based in Oxfordshire and aims to specialise in cheap local and national calls. The company uses the internet to provide its services and minimise costs, promising to pass on these savings to the customer.

Euphony

Despite being one of many new phone suppliers in the UK market, Euphony has become one of the country’s best known home phone suppliers. Euphony is available all over the UK, as well as in the Republic of Ireland.

First:Telecom

First:telecom was one of the vanguard of phone companies to challenge BT’s dominance in the mid 1990s. First:telecom started up in 1994 and has been offering customers savings on phone calls ever since.

gotalk

gotalk is a division of WaveCrest, one of Europe’s leading private telecommunications carriers. Gotalk is focused on providing affordable telephone services to homes around the UK.

Homecall

Homecall is a new phone service from the Caudwell Group. This group also includes one of the most popular mobile phone companies in the UK, Phones4U, along with the Mobile Phone Repair Company.

Kingston Communications

Kingston Communications is a division of Kingston, which allows the company to provide home phone tariffs to customers across the UK via Carrier Pre Selection. It was the first UK operator with a fully digital network.

ntl

ntl is now one of the largest broadband companies in the world and is also known for providing cable television and home phone services. ntl has more than 3 million telephone, TV and internet customers.

Post Office

The Post Office is a brand of The Royal Mail Group plc, which has been providing the UK with postal services for over 350 years. Recently the Post Office moved into the telecoms market by providing a new landline tariff – Post Office Homephone.

Primus Planet Talk

Primus Planet Talk was established in the UK in 1996. Primus Planet Talk supplies home phone services to over 2 million customers in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain and the US.

Sky Talk

Sky Talk is part of British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB). Sky operates principally in the UK and Ireland, where all of its customers are based. It now has over 7.4 million subscribers for its television services.

Superline

Founded in Finland, Superline specialises in cheap calls. Superline supplies the customer with a simple socket that attaches to the existing wall socket and the phone, and then routes the calls through the Superline network.

Swiftcall

The UK’s home phone market was privatised in the early 1990s, and Swiftcall was launched soon after. With Swiftcall you can view and pay your itemised bills online. You can also view your account history.

Talk

Talk is a brand of Pathfinder Telecom Ltd. Pathfinder Telecom Ltd was founded in 1997 and is part of the Pathfinder Group, a telecommunications technology development and licensing group of companies.

TalkTalk (Carphone Warehouse)

TalkTalk was set up in 2003 by the Carphone Warehouse. The brand is beginning to establish itself and already has over 900,000 customers. TalkTalk aims to draw a further 1,000,000 customers by 2007.

Telecom Plus

Telecom Plus plc was established in 1997. Its aim is to provide low-cost home and business phone services throughout the UK. The main objective of Telecom Plus is to undercut monopoly suppliers like BT.

Telewest

Telewest is a leading supplier of cable and digital TV, broadband and residential phone services. Founded in 1984 as Croydon Cable, Telewest now has approximately 1.6 million subscribers.

Tesco Telecoms

Tesco began life as an East London market stall in the 1920s and has since developed into a global brand with a reputation for family quality and innovation. Tesco launched its home phone service in 2003.

Tiscali

Tiscali UK forms part of Tiscali SpA, which was founded in January 1998, following the deregulation of the Italian telecommunications market. Today Tiscali is ranked fourth largest ISP in the UK.

Toucan

Toucan, which is part of IDT Europe, is available across the UK and also offers residential internet services. Customers who opt for both ToucanTalk and Toucan Surf can get both services listed on a single bill.

Answer 2

All the firms that supply telecoms in the UK rent trunk capacity from BT. Any problems with the line are BT's responsibility but often it is not the line at fault but your provision service. Ring BT and ask them to check your line for faults. Chances are there won't be one and you can go to your carrier and shout at them for the incompetents they really are.

Answer 3

yeah what is the question?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_&_Wireless
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telewest

These are the only major ones I can think of other than Bt but I'm sure there's a lot more.

Answer 4

What is the question???