Your not going to like what I'm going to say.....
Firstly, from the concensus of opinion, there seems to be the thought that ntl employees should be told about this site. Can somebody explain that to me?! Let's be frank (no pun intended), why should ntl employees be told about every site to do with ntl (nthellworld.co.uk, anti-cap.co.uk etc)?? Can you imagine the amount of sites that would be listed. Ok, if not to list EVERY site, what makes this site have the right to be listed?
This site isn't asscociated with ntl , Frank made a decision to sell .com, and whether right or wrong it is to late to change now, but to believe that this site should be known by employees is, well for want of a better description, e'ffin rediculous.
Yes this site is good, Yes ntl should have embrased the chance to have a buisness to cutomer portal and yes I think ntl made a bad mistake in closing .com, but based on response, there is no constructive critisism just insults. Deciding that all ntl employees don't know their arse from their elbow and tarnishing all employees as ****e is offensive as far as I am concerned. I take offence to it. I found this site by looking for .com, and typing in .co.uk instead, the concept behind this site lost it's "right" to have help when it decided to sell out. Ok so ntl shafted the site and have closed it down, and no I don't agree we should have, but it's happened and ok people might have had bad service and experiences but the way people have decided that "associates" only talk BS is rediculous. I do not know one employee who would talk BS, there is no need to, be honest and you won't get caught out, and there is nothing worse than looking like a dick.
The empoyee concerned made a mistake, ok so she asked to confirm with somebody, and they didn't know. She obviously had heard of .com and presumed .co.uk was owned by us as well, she made a mistake, and what, everytime someone makes a mistake you expect them to get on their knees and grovel? Fair enough if it effected your service you receive, but over something so trivial?!
To prove a point I have just asked around my team and not one person knew .co.uk existed. But to ask a question, why should they? This site doesn't hold a devine right to be known by all, it lost that when it sold out.
Ok the loss of the .com community was a pain in the arse, yes you probabally have lost contact with individuals you talked to, and although I don't think we were right to close the site don't forget that the site wouldn't have been closed if it wasn't owned by ntl. Given the way people feel about ntl on this board i'm suprised people didn't see it coming.
Ok, *expects 3,000 neg pips* you might not agree, but that is what this site is about is it not? People's opinions, community, if everyone had the same thinking then it would be a very mundane place! :o