https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/The-Lounge/Is-BT-a-dying-company/m-p/89914#M6776 <P>I work for a mid sized government organization that has the WAN, LAN and IPT under a fully managed service with BT. After dealing with BT now for a few years in the contract I question how they still exist as a company. Are BT a dying company who just rely on long contracts that non technical CIO's sign and the monopoly of ducts and last mile cabling?</P><P>In previous roles working in a service provider and another managed service I think MSP's that come from the service provider space are not in the right space to manage enterprise networking. I don't really see how they innovate vs smaller MSP's that dont come from MPLS service provider market. Policies seem to be based around a service provider model where changes to core product are not very frequent (Applying this to the enterprise doesnt appear to be flexible enough).</P><P>There appears to be huge amounts of non-technical staff at BT rather than decent technical engineers. I find that one technical guy is overrun with fixing everything on our contract.</P><P>What do BT need to do to stay relevant and become sucessful? If BT lose openreach are they going to die?</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:31:10 GMT carter5 2023-10-03T10:31:10Z https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/The-Lounge/Is-BT-a-dying-company/m-p/89914#M6776 <P>I work for a mid sized government organization that has the WAN, LAN and IPT under a fully managed service with BT. After dealing with BT now for a few years in the contract I question how they still exist as a company. Are BT a dying company who just rely on long contracts that non technical CIO's sign and the monopoly of ducts and last mile cabling?</P><P>In previous roles working in a service provider and another managed service I think MSP's that come from the service provider space are not in the right space to manage enterprise networking. I don't really see how they innovate vs smaller MSP's that dont come from MPLS service provider market. Policies seem to be based around a service provider model where changes to core product are not very frequent (Applying this to the enterprise doesnt appear to be flexible enough).</P><P>There appears to be huge amounts of non-technical staff at BT rather than decent technical engineers. I find that one technical guy is overrun with fixing everything on our contract.</P><P>What do BT need to do to stay relevant and become sucessful? If BT lose openreach are they going to die?</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:31:10 GMT https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/The-Lounge/Is-BT-a-dying-company/m-p/89914#M6776 carter5 2023-10-03T10:31:10Z