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Originally Posted by DeadKenny
Well, this would be great news and a positive step by NTL for once, if they actually drop the price (it's only "under review" after all).
I said the price rise was stupid at the time, when all other broadband providers are competing with each other to drop prices.
The problem lies with one certain boss at NTL who said something along the lines of "we should penalise 1Mbps customers as they're bandwidth hoggers" (not the exact words, but something to that effect) 
Reminds me of IBM who said there'd only ever be a need for 4 computers in the world.
£38 was WAY too much for 1Mbps. It's too much for 1.5Mbps, especially when it's capped (yeah, we know it's theoretical, but it's still not strictly unlimited which is what broadband should be especially at these prices).
Personally I think there should be a 1Mbps service at £30, then 1.5Mbps at £35, 2Mbps at £40, and 3Mbps at £45. All 256kbps upstream minimum (512kbps upstream at 2 or 3Mbps would be nice though  ). |
I agree with this, and will be showing NTL the door come september. Since I joined, they increased the price within the 12 month contract to £37.99 , which is my door out of rip-off-ville.
Hell, If I was NTL with the control and power over my own network, I would do more to
differentiate myself within the market along time ago - this 50% speed increase should have been the case a year ago when ADSL started to make a threat!
Instead, they shave off a few £ off BT's equivalent and get away with it.
I personally cannot wait till Bulldog with C&W's support get LLU moving across this country! So far LLU in Central London has gone down very well. That'll show them...