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Originally Posted by Teccie
Isnt the fact that we are stuck with ntl for cable in certain areas classed as a monopoly ? Might ask that question at some monopolies community somewhere - see if it cant be raised.... I want to live here in this house but i want telewest to be my cable provider - admittedly smaller than NTL but hell of a lot more efficient at what they do. Much the same as the likes of BT used to be the only telephone provider... they had their monoploy and that soon got ripped apart - look at em now 
Imagine how many NTL customers would swop to telewest if they were given the chance....
Hmmm 1mbit BB for £37.99 or 1.5mbit for £35... think i'll swop now  |
Although that's a good point, I wouldn't class it as a monopoly.
Surely the fact that there is only one cable company in each area comes down to tachnical restrictions. If so, it is not an example of one company holding their products back from another.
And the prices differences, although I'm not happy with them are just an example of a company making the most of their situation (whether that's good or bad).
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Originally Posted by BBKing
In a perfect world I could do it with a snap of my fingers, but this isn't a perfect world. The other alternatives are not to announce anything (as tried in London) for which we get slated, to announce unreasonable timescales (for which we get slated, and rightly). Damned if we do, damned if we don't.
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I think people can be very unreasonable.
Like you say, if nothing had been announced, people would have been complaining at ntl for not doing anything to keep up with TW.
But then when you do announce something, those same people still seem to have to find something to complain about, so they start complaining about how long it's taking.
These people should remember, right or wrong, there
is only one cable company in each area, meaning ntl are under no real obligation to make any speed increases at all (although admittedly, they must still rival ADSL).
Be happy with what you've got - the speed increases WILL happen.
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