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I was curious to hear what people think of the telecom breakup into chorus (and wasn't there a third party as well?) after all these years?

I was working there at the time, so some of the staff training was entertaining. I felt like they seemed to be on board with the general thrust of the changes, which I was a little surprised about (I expected a little more lip-service, I guess?)

Has it been a good change? I feel like the national fibre has been great but that's not actually related (but may have relied on the breakup as a precursor?)

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[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

One of the single greatest things that happened in my lifetime imo. Without the breakup we'd be in a similar situation as the US - crappy service, sky high prices, no incentive to invest in maintenance or upgrades