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Originally Posted by m419
NTL has two franchises that are still completely analogue and have no telephone network accompanying it. Those franchises are the ex-BT franchises covering Westminster and Milton keynes.
NTL is loosing so much custom in these two areas because people have to pay the 'TV only package' charge which includes telephone line rental without the phone service together with a poor outdated tv service. Customers then have to look elsewhere for telephone and internet services meaning they end up spending an extra £20 to £40.
In other words its a load of crap!
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Point taken on board, but you can't blame ntl for being a load of crap, but Videotron instead (a Canadian company btw, who know how to build a fibre network - therefore we must conclude they knowingly done it on the cheap), as noted below...
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Originally Posted by m419
I think NTL would need to spend at least £15 to £20 Million on these two franchises to upgrade the network to digital and put a telephone network in. In Westminster they could just expand the ex-videotron telephone network which is also in parts of westminster.
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Well as far as I know (and please correct me if I'm wrong), but I thought MK was ok - Westminster I know is a crap network, all thanks to BT (makes a change from blaming Videotron, lol!) who built the network in this area. Westminster customers are extremely hard done by at present, but of course this is something that will eventually happen as well (only problem with Westminster is the local authority and street works).