Posts by |Mike Hardie

Why won't this company just die and go away

And take curries and Jessops with them. They make money only in the great times - not in the good times and certainly not in the bad.

Their business model is dead and buried.

We want to save consumers money ..

The real way for consumers to save money is to know how much they are spending. The first step toward this is to ensure that consumers can read and submit their meter readings at minimum once per month.

Yes you can do this now but they do not generate a bill for it unless it is part of the quarterly billing cycle. You have to wait 3 months to find out how much money you have actually spent.

The utility companies are not going to introduce this as it removes the need for the monthly direct debit which is just a way for these companies to get free credit. I want the choice of 'bill evenly distributed through the year' (sort of) and PAYG. Give me the option NOW!

They are just a bunch of thieves. but with nice suits.

Chinese having their say

So this in nothing to do with the chinese government making it the law that all mobile phones must accept usb chargers. Nothing to do with them having 1/4 of world wide gsm handsets.

The best move a govt has ever made.