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testcard 01-12-2005 19:51

ntl Christmas Card
 
Nice marketing exercise getting a christmas card with loads of extra benefits, including free Broadbandplus and a price reduction soon.

Happy Christmas ntl

DaggaDagga 01-12-2005 20:39

Re: ntl Christmas Card
 
You think they're being generous? I think they're trying to cling onto customers.

£34.99 is still at least a fiver too much. I'd be amazed if it's still above £30 in a year's time. They've done their sums:

revenue = (subscribers) x (price each)

If the price is too high then the subscribers reduce, so revenue drops. They're trying to find that sweet spot of maximum cash extraction!

MistaP 01-12-2005 22:45

Re: ntl Christmas Card
 
Bethere.co.uk offer 24Meg BB for £24

and i'm still waiting my 10Meg upgraded for by STB, even though Im 3MB customer.

Maybe not much longer like!

Richy99 01-12-2005 23:20

Re: ntl Christmas Card
 
and how many can get 24meg ? you have to be within like 5 feet of the exchange to get that

DaggaDagga 02-12-2005 05:55

Re: ntl Christmas Card
 
ADSL 2+ is nothing like as fragile as the doubters like to say. It works, and it's fairly robust. Yes, the speed does reduce as you move further away from the exchange, but it's not a sudden drop to 56k if you're a street away! It gradually reduces over distance.

So not many will get 24Mb (if any). However, a lot of people will be able to get faster than 10Mb. And it's cheaper than NTL. I'll probably give it a try next year, when they enable my exchange (after I've read some reviews of it). It's the upload speed that really appeals to me.

£25 is probably a sensible price for the NTL 10Mb service. We'll have to wait and see as competition develops.

Bambi 02-12-2005 07:09

Re: ntl Christmas Card
 
Free broadband plus, except it doesnt work...
£37.99 on the bill, even though I was quoted £34.99 on phone..

Ho-hum, lets see what happens 3 months after the offical release of 10Mb, it might be half way sorted by then.
I have very little faith in NTL's online billing,etc as according to them I dont have an ntl phone number or phone line and cant get cable. Funny how they manage to bill be for it all though...

Maybe they should also rename boradband plus to popup plus........

Paul 02-12-2005 08:56

Re: ntl Christmas Card
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by DaggaDagga
You think they're being generous? I think they're trying to cling onto customers.

£34.99 is still at least a fiver too much. I'd be amazed if it's still above £30 in a year's time. They've done their sums:

revenue = (subscribers) x (price each)

If the price is too high then the subscribers reduce, so revenue drops. They're trying to find that sweet spot of maximum cash extraction!

Don't forget that you will get 10 Meg for £24.99 if you only want a 30GB monthly limit, or £17.99 for a 3GB limit (when the upgrades are finished next year).

---------- Post added at 09:56 ---------- Previous post was at 09:55 ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richy99
and how many can get 24meg ? you have to be within like 5 feet of the exchange to get that

I'm pretty sure that's nearer 10 feet ;)

Chris 02-12-2005 09:11

Re: ntl Christmas Card
 
:nono: Not another 10mb thread thank you very much. The Christmas Card was being discussed here a couple of days ago. ;)

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