A total side issue here...Musicman they have not stopped your itemised billing they have just started to charge for it, so if you want it you can still have it just at a cost
To be honest alot of the people on ntl that have th ebase pack like it cos they can add things to it for a month and they have the ability to get PPV movies and the like. many people on Freeview don't want such things which is why Freeview is fine for them. They are 2 totally different products aimed at different people IMO. However there are some ppl on ntl base pack who don't want to add things or watch PPV movies who would be better off on Freeview