""Microsoft used Sendo's knowledge and expertise to its benefit to gain direct entry into the burgeoning next-generation mobile phone market and then, after driving Sendo to the brink of bankruptcy, cut it out of the picture."

A high-profile arrangement with Microsoft would have been attractive to Sendo, a small Birmingham-based mobile phone startup formed in 1999 by mobile phone industry veterans."

Everybody knows that when Microsoft comes-a-calling it's time to shit yourself.

Mind I think they're probably right, that it'll mean jack shit what mobile platform you use. It'll be more, what OS it uses. And As everybody is using Microsoft (except m e) everybody will want to tie their phone up with their PC. Unless the phone does everything - which it won't considering its size.

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"BT is taking this action amid concern that ADSL connection speeds are falling as more people sign up for broadband. This is because ADSL is a contended service - 500kbps bandwidth is shared between up to 50 consumers, or 20 business customers.

Given the bursty nature of Internet surfing -- where users are only sending and receiving data for a small proportion of their time online -- users should still be able to enjoy fast surfing even if they are sharing the available bandwidth with many other customers."

Still, 50 to 1 ain't good. Not when you're suffering. Here in Telford where there ain't many cable broadbanders, I reckon I'm much better off.

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