Telefonica was providing services in villages and small towns with very difficult geography (mountains, roads, ...). Now there is a big competition in Spain, for example Jazztel is offering 200Gigabit/s up-down for 36 euros/moth and phone tax included. Our country is getting better in the IT sector and telefonica was the pioneer. It is easy to critique but in the old times there was no other option, and for many to have the opportunity to be connected is much better than to be out of the web.
Yes, it's clear from the post that it is from personal experience. Why would you think otherwise?
Telefonica was providing services in villages and small towns with very difficult geography
Yes, back when it was a public company; that was just their responsibility.
It is easy to critique but in the old times there was no other option
Yes, but neither BSousa nor I were talking about dial-up times. Nor was the EU when they fined Telefonica for anti-trust violations, multiple times: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefónica#Monopoly
There is a headline: Peter Thiel: Google Is A Monopoly - Business Insider
I live in Barcelona, is it likely that bigger cities get better service than other places?
There is a headline: Peter Thiel: Google Is A Monopoly - Business Insider
When I hear the company's president mumbling [1] about how Google owes them money because Telefónica provides the networks, but Google makes the money thanks to their networks, I wonder how has the company grown so large, and how can a director be so incapable of coherent expression.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTOAyZxOTy0
Edit: I leave this comment because I like Mozilla and enjoy Firefox, but I was dismayed to discover a few weeks ago that Telefónica was involved with Hello.
