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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
nikko actually you are wrong
"150K box = Buy one, get one free, 100% larger box for the old price.
600K box = 25% extra free for the old price.
1024K box = 50% extra free for an 8% price increase"
all packages come with 30 gig traffic so it works like this
and what I work out will be after price changes, since you did the same.
300kbit users pay £170.99 per mbit traffic
750kbit users pay £249.99 per mbit traffic
1.5mbit users pay £379.99 per mbit traffic
the price rise and speed upgrades were NOT linked ntl original move was just to send a price rise to the top tieir only for their own reasons (I suspect they want people to downgrade), then the speed increases came after when blueyonder forced them into doing it. There is nothing stupid about expecting all customers to be treated the same, there is currently 2 major problems with the top tier package.
1 - users on the bottom tier can download the same amount
2 - the gap in price has increased by 30%
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Chrysalis, sadly, there are people on here who think that it is not a big issue that only one group of customers are being asked to plump up an increase in price.
And your calculation is spot on.
Ntl have been faced with a problem regarding upstreaming for some time now, but rather than increase capacity, instead of lining the troughs of the board with nice big bonuses, they decide to try and force people downwards.
And as you agreed, there is nothing stupid in expecting everyone to be treated the same.
Either an across the board increase of £1 per level, or no increase at all and leave the speeds as they are.