Re: You must hate the Frenchman as you hate the Devil himself.
" flogged off after privatisation to THE FRENCH"
Large parts of the trackside cable routes were leased to Mercury, long before rail privatisation. At privatisation Cable & Wireless bought BR Telecomms, which Mercury's network had already been absorbed by. That C&W network was bought a year or so ago by Vodafone - so no, it's not the French.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
