What was made in 1992?
British Rail Telecommunications
By who?
British Rail
When that happened, how many private telecoms networks in the UK were larger?
None
Did it have over 10,000 kilometers of cables?
Yes
What types of cable were used?
fibre optic and copper
Did it connect all the big cities?
Yes
Was it connected to the Channel Tunnel?
Yes
What kind of network did it lay along the railroad tracks in the early '80s?
a resilient ‘figure-of-eight’ fibre optic network
What company did that help to establish?
Mercury Communications
Did it go all the way to Manchester?
Yes
What communications system was in Britain prior to 1982?
Post Office Telecommunications
Did they have any competition?
No
How many organizations controlled radio and TV?
Two
What was one?
the BBC
And the other?
Independent Broadcasting Authority
What broke up the monopoly?
Mercury Communications
What year did that occur?
1983.
Who owns the transmitters now?
Babcock International and Arqiva
When was NTC around?
1881 until 1911
Who took over then?
the General Post Office