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Originally Posted by Keyser
And the reason behind this is...
ntl's service has had an effect on their 1Mbit sales. Telewest's 1Mbit takeup percentage is much higher than ntl's. ntl look at their own figures and see not that much demand for 1Mbit so the demand for 2Mbit would be low. This is a fair assumption to make though.
Perhaps the demand to 2Mbps on ntl would be low as the 1Mbit demand is quite low compared to Telewest.
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Maybe few users on ntl see the point in having the 1Mbps service when they could not use it to it's potential. Users desiring of power services will be the heavy user wanting both speed and capacity. Ntl might offer the speed, but they do not offer the capacity. Telewest have no such restrictions on their offerings, thus take up will be higher.
There may be a demand for faster services, but I suspect many punters in ntl areas, who have an option will opt for an ADSL provision where they desire faster BB.
As for ntl offerring faster BB services, it's not just about infrastructure capacity and a need to change the AUP terms, it's the management mindset. They are on a different planet to their customers. They do not understand why punters want broadband. They do understand that it is (for the time being) a cash cow and a means of them making money. As competition from ADSL increases, ntls market share of broadband will diminish unless ntl management want to revise their opinions.
As for the petition idea - wasn't this the sort of thing the "power users group" set up by ntl in response to the cap was supposed to address? Oh sorry, ntl don't want to listen or communicate with thier customers do they.