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Re: NTL worse than BT
Are NTL networks available to 3rd parties?
Can another company offer broadband over the NTL cable?
Can someone confirm this?
Can a company †˜hot new servicesââ‚ ‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ contact NTL and say:
We want to offer broadband at half the price you sell it using your network?
At one time BT would argue that their services were open to competition, but as we know they controlled the licensing prices so much that it was not practical for anyone to compete, the government had to step in and make them lower prices to competitors.
You see the most important thing is the control of reasonable base prices, sure you can have the grease lightening top tier service that cost a lot but if the basic service starts costing a lot then not only does it lock out poorer customers (who then cannot have a service) but it forces all the other prices up.
So if dial in goes up to £17.50
Basic broadband will go up to £30 and so on.
Unreasonable price inflation.
Look at it like this:
Will NTL be increasing wages by 25%?
Will there be an increase of speed by 25% taking 56kps to 70kbs?
Will there be an extension of online time before disconnect from 2 hours up to 2.5 hours?
Has inflation increased by 25% in the last year?
Yes you can have companies say:
†œCome over to us and we will give you free internet accessÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šà ¬Ã‚ÂÂ
and then increase their prices dramatically while saying:
†œItÃƒÂ¢à ¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€Š¾Ã‚¢s only reasonable that we increase our prices to match our competitorsââ ¡Ã‚¬Ã‚ÂÂ
If you join a service you need some security that the company will not then increase prices unreasonably once you are on board, to do so at unreasonable rates is disreputable.
What would happen in a few years if the services we depend on were allowed to increase prices year on year at 25% (last year NTL increased the price by 100%).
Market conditions cannot control such abuse because all the companies will raise prices give or take a few pence between them to offer the sham of competition, consumers need protection.
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