[slowcoach]

Originally Posted by Neil

I think people's main issue is the lack of choice that you refer to from ntl.

The issue (as usual) is the silence from ntl, & the lack of clarification of whether a tiered structure will exist-I.E. pay by the MB/GB when you hit your monthly allowance with these new tariffs.....

The average BB user would appear to be well catered for, 2MB and 30GB being well in excess of what you would normally expect at the price, and more than most people will actually need. I admit that there is a big step from 5MB to 30MB and that the base bandwidth should probably have been 15MB but perhaps the base was set low on purpose in order to be able to advertise a high speed low cost entry product (the sprat to catch a mackerel).

I assume that the expense of updating the system was primarily to accommodate new customers with TV services. IPâ₠¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s are looking to VOD for future increases in revenue, the higher speed BB announced is probably just to attract new customers in the knowledge that most will have the TV packages as well, it just might be that NTL didn't fully consider the current BB users when working out their plans, after all they have only just completed the last increases in speed which everyone was happy to be handed.