Here's something to think about...
AOL have reduced their 1Mbps broadband to £29.99 a month.
REDUCED... Take note!
Not increased, but
reduced.
http://www.aol.co.uk/products/broadband/cost.html
Includes free modem & set-up
and free tech support help line.
Okay it's AOL

, which is possibly a worse evil than NTL, but the point is the competition is (as I've contested before) reducing prices, so why on earth are NTL increasing them?
As broadband progresses I've always expected prices to drop and speeds to increase (accepted that higher speeds may be introduced that cost more, fiar enough), but it baffles me as to why NTL want to increase prices.