| ian@huth |
01-03-2004 16:12 |
Re: base pack + sky sports pack
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Originally Posted by DarthYoda
Yea but ntls calls are cheaper than BT.
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They are not cheaper for me with my calling pattern and if you look carefully at what call prices are available via a BT line then you would be hard pushed to find anyones calling pattern cheapest on a NTL line.
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Originally Posted by seaneeboy
Sky don't FORCE you tot ake a BT line, but they'll try and get you to by any way they can - another case of "Unless you know what you want we'll give you what works best for us" :(
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I have Sky with a NTL telephone line ( to be dumped when the special offer finishes unless they alter their charges) and have never been approached by Sky to move to BT or had any contact from them regarding the line I use.
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Originally Posted by seaneeboy
Oooh, and when NTL Bundle in a phone line it's usually because it's cheap as anything for them to wire it in as part and parcel. They don't actually charge a line rental or anything as it really doesn't cost them any more to have the phone line into your house... At least that's what I *think* anyway :)
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NTL charge £9.50 for telephone line rental or include it in a TV package which is normally £9.50 dearer than Sky's for a similar package. At the moment NTL haven't passed on the latest Sky price increase but no doubt soon will.
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Originally Posted by orangebird
BT don't offer cable television, so on the whole, it's not a very good comparison...but the reason ntl 'bundle' (as opposed to 'force'... ) their telephone and cable tv services is to gain quick revenue from the phone bills to offset a relatively expensive install for cable tv which would take over a year from the bills of the average customer to break even on (let alone and heaven forbid, make a profit on :eek:... ). And the fact that a lot of customers do prefer to have both services from one supplier. :)
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Call it bundle or force but the end result is that if you want NTL DTV you have to have, or pay for, the telephone line. It may take a while to recover the cost of the TV installation just as it takes Sky a while to recover the slightly higher cost of having a satellite up there. If customers prefer to have both services from one supplier there is nothing to stop them switching to NTL phone of their own volition rather than having it forced on them. Most people like having multiple services from the same supplier because you normally get a discount by doing so, but not in the case of NTL. As I said earlier, NTL telephone call charges are not the cheapest and they would more than likely lose a massive number of phone customers if the line wasn't bundled with the TV. I think that much of the advertising of telephone call prices is flawed in comparing with BT standard pricing rather than BT Together pricing. |
