It seems that Brisitsh Telecom is doing quite well out of all us UK Internet users as they have just posted 33% increase in their fourth-quarter pre-tax profits. BT put the increase down to a greater use of mobile phones and the Internet.

Britain’s largest phone company earned √Ǭ£836 million pounds, before taxes in the three months ended March 31 versus √Ǭ£630 million pounds a year earlier. Its sales rose 19% to √Ǭ£4.90 billion pounds, from √Ǭ£4.11 billion pounds a year earlier. For the year, British Telecom posted a pre-tax profit of √Ǭ£4.30 billion pounds, up 34% from √Ǭ£3.21 billion pounds the previous year. New ventures in Europe and Asia accounted

for more than a third of the sales increase, while mobile and fixed-network calls in Britain made a strong contribution, BT said.

We think they should say instead: “As we have been ripping you all off for so long, we are now going to give you all broadband DSL to the home for free”  ... or if you want some more direct action, join 13 other Western European nations on 6 June for a national strikes and boycotts to draw attention to the European Telecommunications Boycott.

Organizer is calling for a series of measures, including flat rate, to lower the costs of getting on the Net in Europe.

Countries participating in the boycott include Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

http://www.telecom.eu.org/