I’ve just been speaking to David Hickson (see recent articles) and he pointed something out about the BT privacy at home thing that could be interesting. Please understand that neither I nor David are suggesting that anything like this is actually happening; this is just theoretical.

One of the things that I highlighted was that BT are obviously concerned about the number of consumers who are moving to alternative providers for their call traffic. This is driven by the fact that it can be significantly cheaper to buy your minutes from elsewhere.

Most CPS/LCR companies rely on telemarketing to contact consumers and let them know that they’re being ripped off by BT.

How can BT stop it’s competitors from helping consumers to save them money? Get them all to sign up to the TPS list so they can’t call them.

That’s just one (strongly anti-BT) point of view that you could take. As I said before, I’m not suggesting for a minute that this is the reason that BT are doing this. I’m sure they’ve just got the interest of the consumers at heart.

Regards,
db