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BT

  • noun Abbreviation for 'British Telecommunications plc' - a large and fearsome monster that is reputed to stand between players and fun. Although this almost certainly was true in the past, it seems to have mellowed in recent years; many aspects of its behaviour that people find especially annoying (eg. mercilessly gobbling their money) it appears genuinely to want to change, but is prevented by environmental factors (ie. laws) from so doing. Even its traditional short-sightedness is now less evident. Nevertheless, anything that big is always going to be at least a little frightening... See comms, line-noise, carrier loss, lag, dumped, MUDbox.

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23rd September 1999: bt.htm