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themelon · 10-11-2004, 22:51

Odd really.

I have a number of friends who live in Birmingham and they think Telewest is absoluteley pittyful compared to my ntl connection and my DTV, I get through to ntl in 10 minutes they wait 15 for Telewest. Unfortunately different franchises on both are totally different, Its a myth Telewest are a better company. The way I see it all coms companies are equally bad....BT, ntl, Telewest, Sky, Pipex, Orange, T-Mobile, O2.

Its luck of the draw really as with all service. I had ADSL it was rubbish, I had Sky....even worse! Oddly enough ntl is quite good in comparison but still not perfect.

ntl like many companies have their problems, but I beleive in recent months ntl with extra money pumped in from external VOD backers have done a lot of work on the network.

I heard the Telewest Corperate Engineering managers were looking around the ntl headends to survey the new equipment installed to provide VOD, something Telewest are unable to offer at the moment.

Is the ntl/excw network still a mess, I dont know I havent seen it, but I am assured that a great deal of work has been done and I can personally see improvements.

Parts of the BT network are a mess I honestly dont think the poles and cable for BT round here has been changed since the 70s or before, and I would expect parts of Telewests Network......which apparently Birmingham was to be a mess too.

10-11-2004, 22:51	#5
themelon Inactive Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Stoke-On-Trent Posts: 561	Re: Merger happening in early 2005!! Odd really. I have a number of friends who live in Birmingham and they think Telewest is absoluteley pittyful compared to my ntl connection and my DTV, I get through to ntl in 10 minutes they wait 15 for Telewest. Unfortunately different franchises on both are totally different, Its a myth Telewest are a better company. The way I see it all coms companies are equally bad....BT, ntl, Telewest, Sky, Pipex, Orange, T-Mobile, O2. Its luck of the draw really as with all service. I had ADSL it was rubbish, I had Sky....even worse! Oddly enough ntl is quite good in comparison but still not perfect. ntl like many companies have their problems, but I beleive in recent months ntl with extra money pumped in from external VOD backers have done a lot of work on the network. I heard the Telewest Corperate Engineering managers were looking around the ntl headends to survey the new equipment installed to provide VOD, something Telewest are unable to offer at the moment. Is the ntl/excw network still a mess, I dont know I havent seen it, but I am assured that a great deal of work has been done and I can personally see improvements. Parts of the BT network are a mess I honestly dont think the poles and cable for BT round here has been changed since the 70s or before, and I would expect parts of Telewests Network......which apparently Birmingham was to be a mess too.