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Originally Posted by Nikko
Of course not!
They also empty my bin unless its a week that falls anything within 3 months of a bank holiday 
But seriously, inflation is the salient point of my post above. Costs for aspects of network provision may be relatively lower, but Staffing, fuel, general overheads are nevertheless higher. |
However, NTL are in the technology business, so if the majority of their investments are in technology-related products, which have prices reducing/power increasing, then they should see overall savings or at least increasing returns on their investments. NTL have just announced they are making about 1500 people redundant, primarily in the expensive south and relocating them to the relatively cheaper north, presumably reducing their staffing costs.
I don't think that people would have too much trouble with a slight increase in various products if they though that they were getting a good deal in the first place, but when you sit on NTL broadband with a gig a day cap, crap email servers, non-existant newsgroup servers, pages not loading and you see that you are already paying slightly more than someone on a similar product to you provided by one of NTL competitors, who has all these features working properly and then you get told your product is going up over 8.5%, then you begin to think you're being taken for a ride.