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Originally Posted by Richard M
EDIT: Just got the bad news...NTL cannot install. 
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ntl and the developer could not come to an agreement when it was being built and we won't be able to 'go in' until the local council take over ownership/maintenance of the roads and pavements.
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I had a similar experience when I moved into this house which was on a new development. What I am told had happened was that the builder had come to an agreement with NTL to lay ducting to each new property and what NTL would pay them for doing this. When the first phase was completed the builder sent the invoice to NTL for payment and waited and waited and waited. The builder refused to supply ducting to any further houses until NTL coughed up which took a couple of years.
I was going to get everything from NTL but when I checked with them and found that it would be a year or two before they could supply services to me I went for Sky and BT. When eventually NTL did become available I took their £9.99 base pack DTV, telephone and dial-up internet. That pack would now cost £30 or so now which is quite an increase in 3 years. Having both Sky and NTL DTV at the same time (I had not had Sky for 12 months when NTL was installed) enabled me to compare the two and was surprised at how much better and more stable Sky was, despite many NTL engineer visits and box swaps.