The bidding process has been open to all but, so far, BT has won in every case.
The authority has been pursuing a so-called BT-Lite option after members threw out a wider joint venture proposal before Christmas.
So far, BT and Scipher have sent letters to lots of US internet service providers - it is not planning to ask individual users to pay to use the web.
That's exactly why Clarkson fits so well with the BT profile.
So many companies want access to so many exchanges that BT has turned to Electoral Reform Services (ERS) for help in sorting out the competing claims.
Chiefs at the Earthlease consortium have told telecoms regulator Oftel details of plans to buy BT's so-called "local loop" assets, sources told news agency Reuters.
There have been concerns that the effort could break EU competition rules because all bids so far had been won by BT.
Anyway, the service doesn't actually launch commercially until next year, so there's still a chance that BT will change their minds.
The convenient Satechi BT Media Remote has a remote camera shutter button so users can take photos without leaving themselves out of the camera.
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The problem was worst in the central Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where some farmers who took large loans to buy new Bt Cotton seeds committed suicide when their yields were so poor that they couldn't repay their debts.
BT's response was to revamp its company structure, so that it focused on specific market sectors for different customers.
Of course some local-use of the public phones occurs and there's a law requiring BT to provide "reasonable public access to public call box services", so rest assured that there'll always be a few kicking around in places like Piccadilly.
Meanwhile, BT, Virgin and the BBC did not take part in the last round of premium broadcast rights so there is little danger of them being put off future auctions anyway.
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