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Originally Posted by Hell's Child
256k/???k 19.49 Vs. 300k/???k 17.99 whats the up here?128
£1.50 less for a quicker service.... how does this make ntl's low end plan non-competetive?
512k/256k 22.49 Vs. 750k/128k 24.99
Ok so ntl's is dearer by £2.50 however the majority (based on facts and figures) of 600k (750k) users have the speed to download not upload. So, again look at it.. 512k @ 4.3p per K (also not forgetting most 512k services are charged at 27.99), 750 @ 3.32p per K.
Which is better value for money? an extra £2.50 for an extra 238k, which the supplier you mention (for 256k, which is there or there about) charges £19.49 for?!
Top end I cannot arguee with but for the bottom 2, which accounts for 95% of ntl's customers it is nothing but good news.
Ok the upload's are a problem, and, as I've said previously, these are being looked into.
I still fail to see how this speed upgrade, at no extra cost (1mb users aside) can be looked upon in a negative manner!!!
How can people expect the company to improve, if everytime they do something good (which this is) there are people who try and find a way to shoot the company down?
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The move is not negative for sure, but is it positive enough. This was just a comparrison to 1 adsl isp.
The 300k increase could be construed as giving nothing but a speed increase as permitted usage has not increased, which was my point. £1.50 imo is way better to pay over NTL's price for the entry band service for no restriction.
the new 750k has yes still the same permitted usage and lesser upstream speed.
adsl still offer a 1mb service @ considerably reduced cost in comparrison to NTL, with no usage maximum.
The adsl 2mb service is considerably lower than NTL's 1.5mb also with no maximum usage.
As ntl have recently started sending usage letters this has and will probably become more of an issue than it has been since the cap was introduced.
There are other adsl providers offering lower prices for restriced services similar to NTL's and/or out of hours service, ie bulldog primetime.
NTL would have been far better off just doubling all packages and increasing the cap, with maybe a small fee increase of £2-3 on each the higher tiers, which they have done on the 1mb.
When comparing you have to look at all aspects of the service comparrison.
price speed what restrictions/caps