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Old 08-01-2004, 14:49   #73
rodd
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Re: why people use ntl

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Originally Posted by themelon
You dont though this is my point......

On ntl you can have broadband for just £17.99 a month all inclusive.

For ADSL you need to start with paying £9.50 a month for a BT Line:

So for the cheapest ADSL Package from Gio I think, at £18.50 you will also be paying £9.50 per month, the modem costs and activations costs (where applicable)

£9.50 + 18.50 = £28 per month for even the cheapest ADSL Service, And £24.99 for Tiscallis equivilent 150k service.

Effectively like for like ntl is still the cheapest because there is no line rental for Broadband.
NTL 'broadband' at 172k download, 64k upload for £17.99.
Plus.net broadband at 500k download, 250k upload for £18.pp.

NTL's 'broadband', is not even classed as broadband, Plus.net's broadband is a true broadband.

For the £42 cost of a modem, and free reconnection of a BT line, you can have a true broadband from Plus.net, almost 3 times (2.9) faster downloading, and 4 times faster uploading than ntl.

No one would choose ntl's inferior product from the above.

As for the telephone landline.
What small percentage of BB users do not have a telephone landline, which ntl keep telling us 'get BB and free up your telephone line'?

The landline is not an extra-cost factor, for the majority.
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