Bt Share Discussion Threads

[ekuuleus] 18/3/2020 01:42

Nige, perhaps you should read the thread.

BT will be just chipper. The problem is the VPN software and the corporate network.

[nige co] 17/3/2020 22:23

This is for anyone who thinks that broadband cannot cope with extra usage with people working from home. Sorry to burst some peoples bubble, but BT will cope just fine.

Broadband can cope with surge in home work, says BT

[the charmer] 17/3/2020 22:03

Oh sh*te. That's 50p off the share price tomorrow. Lol.

[joe say] 17/3/2020 20:19

Cancelled my sky sports subscription with bt todayWhat a nightmare - they clearly have no care for customer service or satisfaction so I'll be moving all services away from them once things have settled downA perfect case study of rip off Britain

[ekuuleus] 17/3/2020 16:27

lol. you'll wish I was!

[montyhedge] 17/3/2020 16:27

Hopefully investors realising BT best of the FTSE 100 at this price.

[montyhedge] 17/3/2020 16:25

Well good job your not in charge, lol

[ekuuleus] 17/3/2020 16:06

I would cut divi, and do a share buy back...

[801710245] 17/3/2020 15:57

Monty, you were saying only a couple of days ago, that you thought the dividend would be maintained. Now you’re talking of 30% & 50% cuts.

No.1 Trader?
I don’t think so.

[bargainbob] 17/3/2020 15:40

Think you are right Monty .

Diku no need to cut Monty slack , we have been on the boards together for years .
I know he is the number uno.

[montyhedge] 17/3/2020 15:35

I reckon way business booming, Could we see dividend paid in full, lol that would be something.

[ekuuleus] 17/3/2020 15:33

anyway, enough of my negativity - whilst true, at this price BT is a steal.

In addition, BT is CNI so there is no way he government will let it go to the wall. Screeming buy, even though broadband is saturated, sports tv rights down the pan.

[ekuuleus] 17/3/2020 15:32

and lloyds internal network a disgrace.

site to site typically get 140kbps. yup, almost 1000x slower than your super duper new link monty.

I could do a job in about half an hour at home on my equipment. Same job would take several days at Lloyds.

still, I get paid by the hour so fine by me.

[ekuuleus] 17/3/2020 15:30

Get a new platform provided if they are that slow.

yes, might have to. IG seem more robust


They all want speed. Yes, but BT is not the issue. The VPN and bandwidth within the corporates is the issue.

I was getting 14ms latency to google servers. My corporate VPN between 70ms and 140ms and sometimes worse.

70ms is just about usable for terminal services. 140ms is an utter ball ache.

I've worked at several companies.

Same with voice conferencing but lower limits. 40ms is just about tolerable on voice call. At 100ms it gets messy.

[montyhedge] 17/3/2020 15:25

Ask any Openreach engineer, you see on the roadside, are you busy, my one said trying to bring ex engineers out of retirement, don't know if true, but good news I think if it is.

[montyhedge] 17/3/2020 14:49

You know I'm bullish on BT, they must be booming installing Fibre for home workers, no one in London all working from home. They all want speed.

[montyhedge] 17/3/2020 14:41

Get a new platform provided if they are that slow.

[ekuuleus] 17/3/2020 12:21

yeah, my fibre broadband really helped me trade yesterday. Oh hang on, it didnt. Took around 5 minutes to get a quote on selftrade and even if you hit confirm straight away, no trade took place.

Ended up going to the pub for the afternoon. Far more productive.

[montyhedge] 17/3/2020 12:11

I just had it installed it's fantastic.Gone from 14mbs now 110 mbs.Once you get it you don't go back.So good nearly become a high frequency trader, lol

[ekuuleus] 17/3/2020 12:08

dream on monty


Companies must be paying for their workers to get high speed fibre to work from home. Teleconference best with fibre.

bandwidth is not the issue. Even a basic broadband package is sufficient. Latency is a massive issue, and fibre wont help there.

[montyhedge] 17/3/2020 12:07

Dividend 13.5% now I think 30% dividend cut the same has Vodafone.Still a fantastic yield.

[montyhedge] 17/3/2020 12:05

Companies must be paying for their workers to get high speed fibre to work from home. Teleconference best with fibre.

[sr2day] 17/3/2020 12:00

chinese are gamblers by nature.they will still buy even if the world is ending.

[montyhedge] 17/3/2020 11:57

Strange U.K. and US markets down 26% this year, China up 0.3%.

[donvanvliet1] 17/3/2020 11:10

dagsteeth - You are right it doesn't take a genius to know how it ends. It ends with BT securing massive refunds on the outlays they have made from the respective sports organisations, either voluntarily or in the courts. Simples!