Thread: NTL price increase and their reasons
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Old 03-06-2004, 12:33   #21
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Re: NTL price increase and their reasons
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Originally Posted by gooner4life
Technically Telewest are not competition you dont have a choice between NTL and Telewest/Blueyonder its one or the other
Exactly - NTL are not in the same areas as Telewest, and (if the rumours are true) will soon be working "very closely" with Telewest.
NTL compete with BT, AOL etc (all ADSL broadband), and as such, they were cheaper for the 1M service than their competitors.

NTL dropped the price from 50 to 35, the others did not drop as low as NTL, so they can afford to up the price and still be competetive.

That is not to say those of us currently on the 1M service are not understandably peeved that the price is going up, when the general trend is down, just that from a purely business viewpoint, NTL can get £3 per moth more from N customers, without losing the ability to draw in more.

Yes, they may well lose customers to the 600k tier (especially when it goes to 750), but from NTLs point of view, that is not a huge problem, as this will free up some bandwidth for others..

As always - Just my 2c
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