BBC To Cut Staff By Six Thousand
LONDON-December 7: The BBC's director general will announce thousands of job
cuts today as part of his vision for a more efficient public service
broadcaster.

(Inside Radio)

Radioman390 wrote:

BBC To Cut Staff By Six Thousand
LONDON-December 7: The BBC's director general will announce thousands of job
cuts today as part of his vision for a more efficient public service
broadcaster.

(Inside Radio)

6,000?

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's public broadcaster, the BBC, announced
one of the biggest shakeups in its 82-year history Tuesday, with plans
to axe at least 2,900 jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce, and trim £320
million ($623.4 million) in costs.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

3000 something. Not the World Service. Different budget.

On 07 Dec 2004 12:49:53 GMT, (Radioman390) wrote:

BBC To Cut Staff By Six Thousand
LONDON-December 7: The BBC's director general will announce thousands of job
cuts today as part of his vision for a more efficient public service
broadcaster.

(Inside Radio)

Yep,I guess it's true.I read an article (I don't remember exactly which
website I read it though) about that somewhere on the intenet about a
month or more ago about BBC cutting staff about six thousand.Sort of off
topic but can someone please give me some advice about a good satellite
internet access company for my computer (I bought a new Velocity Micro
computer and I have never used a computer before so I am a computer
dummy.Since the first Sunday of last month every time it rains here my
Bell South phone line goes out from anywhere from a few hours to a few
days,I think rain is getting into that phone box up there on the wires)
and also about a good cell phone company which provides lots of minutes
at a decent low price? I am interested in those two thingys.Thanks in
advance.
cuhulin

wrote:

Yep,I guess it's true.I read an article (I don't remember exactly which
website I read it though) about that somewhere on the intenet about a
month or more ago about BBC cutting staff about six thousand.

The BBC reported this morning (heard on a real sw radio, no less!) that cuts
would be around 3000.

Here is a link to the story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...io/4073571.stm

These cuts would not seem to impact the World Service, at least at this point in
time.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Is your cable TV any more reliable? Is there a 2.5 gHz Wireless Cable
available. Southern baby Bell phone companies are the pitts.

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 12:53:58 -0600, wrote:

Yep,I guess it's true.I read an article (I don't remember exactly which
website I read it though) about that somewhere on the intenet about a
month or more ago about BBC cutting staff about six thousand.Sort of off
topic but can someone please give me some advice about a good satellite
internet access company for my computer (I bought a new Velocity Micro
computer and I have never used a computer before so I am a computer
dummy.Since the first Sunday of last month every time it rains here my
Bell South phone line goes out from anywhere from a few hours to a few
days,I think rain is getting into that phone box up there on the wires)
and also about a good cell phone company which provides lots of minutes
at a decent low price? I am interested in those two thingys.Thanks in
advance.
cuhulin

I have been living in this old house for over fifty years and I have
Bell South land line service.(when it works,that is) Never before had I
ever had any problems with my land line before the first Sunday night of
last month.Since then it has rained here at least seven or eight times
and every single time my land line has stopped working.The first time,I
phoned Bell South from a neighbor's phone after my phone line had
stopped working and it was five days later on a Friday afternoon at
about 5:00 PM when a repairman guy got here to check out my phone line
and at about 5:30 PM as if by magic my phone line started working
again.(I guess because it had finally dried out enough that it started
working again) I phoned Bell South again Tuesday morning after my phone
line had stopped working after a rain on Monday night right before
Thanksgiving and the lady on the phone said a repairman would be here
the following Monday.Guess what? He never showed up here.I can see the
bottom of that door on the phone box up there on the wires near the top
of the power pole at the edge of my driveway is warped from the effects
of the weather,heat and cold,whatever,and there is a large open gap on
both edges of that door and I think rain gets into that phone box up
there and stops my phone line from working untill it dries out.Like I
say,it has rained here at least (actually,I lost count) seven or eight
times since the first Sunday night of last month and every single time
my phone line will stop working from anywhere from an hour or two up to
a day or so or several days long.The last time was last Sunday at about
2:30 PM and it did not start working again untill Tuesday morning of
this week at about 2:40 AM.You are right,the Southern baby bells are the
pitts.Sooner or later perhaps this month or next month I intend to get
my computer on satellite internet access and then I will buy myself a
cellphone (it won't be Cingular because Cingular is part of Bell South)
and then I will cancel my Bell South land line service.(service? what
service?) I rarely use my land line phone anyway,in fact I keep it
unplugged except when I want to use it.Only myself and my little doggy
here.
cuhulin

That's the downside of deregulation for you.

They used to put a short at your end and send enough current into the
wires to boil-off the moisture, if they couldn't find the physical
spot..

Don't bother with DirecPC. It's slower than dialup.


On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:48:56 -0600, wrote:

I have been living in this old house for over fifty years and I have
Bell South land line service.(when it works,that is) Never before had I
ever had any problems with my land line before the first Sunday night of
last month.Since then it has rained here at least seven or eight times
and every single time my land line has stopped working.The first time,I
phoned Bell South from a neighbor's phone after my phone line had
stopped working and it was five days later on a Friday afternoon at
about 5:00 PM when a repairman guy got here to check out my phone line
and at about 5:30 PM as if by magic my phone line started working
again.(I guess because it had finally dried out enough that it started
working again) I phoned Bell South again Tuesday morning after my phone
line had stopped working after a rain on Monday night right before
Thanksgiving and the lady on the phone said a repairman would be here
the following Monday.Guess what? He never showed up here.I can see the
bottom of that door on the phone box up there on the wires near the top
of the power pole at the edge of my driveway is warped from the effects
of the weather,heat and cold,whatever,and there is a large open gap on
both edges of that door and I think rain gets into that phone box up
there and stops my phone line from working untill it dries out.Like I
say,it has rained here at least (actually,I lost count) seven or eight
times since the first Sunday night of last month and every single time
my phone line will stop working from anywhere from an hour or two up to
a day or so or several days long.The last time was last Sunday at about
2:30 PM and it did not start working again untill Tuesday morning of
this week at about 2:40 AM.You are right,the Southern baby bells are the
pitts.Sooner or later perhaps this month or next month I intend to get
my computer on satellite internet access and then I will buy myself a
cellphone (it won't be Cingular because Cingular is part of Bell South)
and then I will cancel my Bell South land line service.(service? what
service?) I rarely use my land line phone anyway,in fact I keep it
unplugged except when I want to use it.Only myself and my little doggy
here.
cuhulin