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We live in the UK not Sweden or Japan.
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True
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Nobody is forcing anyone to remain a NTL customer.
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Again true.
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The majority of members on here think that the new deal from NTL is a fantastic deal.
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As has already been said "You cannot please all of the people all of the time"
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Anyone with an ounce of common sense can see the way that broadband charging is moving in the UK and it isn't to an unlimited "all you can eat" system.
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But does that not worry people? I've used the net for years and have payed serious sums for my usage. I don't want to return to that. Do you?
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Technology will advance and customers will require more bandwidth in the future but the same technological advances will allow ISPs to provide this extra bandwidth.
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But will they? or will they simply bolster their profits?
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All the moaning and complaining in the world will not alter the arithmetic which dictates how much ISPs have to charge to make a profit and what speed and bandwidth allowance they can provide for that charge.
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But broadband is not making a loss know so these changes aren't to return to a profitable operation but simply suck more profit out of an already profitable solution.