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Podcast love
I had to email to tip my hat in the general direction of Mr Grant. After listening to podcasts since the time when podcasts such as TWiT were still in single figures and my knees still worked, Lee’s epic outpouring on the dangers of toilet-based doomscrolling was a unique thing of pure beauty. The first time I’ve ever had to rewind and listen again to part of a podcast not once but twice. Award that man a round of applause and a beer on expenses.
Adam Jackson
Editor-in-chief Tim Danton replies:
I couldn’t agree more, Adam. Except the bit about buying Lee a beer. For those who wish to listen for themselves, head to episode 758 and jump to around 47mins 45secs.
Fibre monopoly
Further to your correspondent’s comment on this topic (see issue 373, p24), when electricity was rolled out in London in the late 19th century one could almost have DC at the back door from one supplier and AC at the front from another. The market sorted this out – though I did come across a legacy 33Hz AC system in the London Underground in the late 1980s.
Even if, as your correspondent suggests, BT/Openreach should have been given the monopoly to install fibre, this still requires suitably regulated third-party rights to be granted over its fibre – ie, a separation of the “pipe” ownership/ operation and the utility service it provides – as there is in electricity.