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Old 12-11-2006, 18:12   #113
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Re: A little inside information by an Employee.

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Originally Posted by pharrell View Post
Having worked for BT, Sky, TalkTalk (Carphone Warehouse) & HomeCall (Phones4u) whilst being a student, and now a full time position with NTL.Telewest I have the information to inform customers of all products and prices, and keep myself upto date with product information regularly.

First let me start off by saying, this offer everyone keeps talking about, with Sky giving free broadband, there is a 2Gibabyte monthly usage limit - as soon as this is exceeded, you will be charged accordingly - no company gives broadband away for free, and doesn't make a profit somewhere along the line, they have shareholders to please, not just their customers.

Secondly, BT's broadband, UPTO 8MB, only 7% of the UK are eligable to recieve this (you need to live close to the Local Exchange Data Centre), as BT use old 1870's copper wire network technology, when NTL.Telewest have fibre-optic cables which can support upto 100MB/s - To put this into perspective, South Korea only have fibre-optic cables, and their average broadband user is on a 90-100MB/s connection, and with Japan, they have the capability to give 1GB (1024MB) broadband to users - They have the fastest broadband connections in the world - so fibre-optics is the broadband of the future, where as BT would have to spend over £7billion to upgrade their networks, which I can't see them doing for at least the next 15/20years, and only because they will have to, to keep up with the rest of the world - and as TalkTalk, HomeCall, Sky, Toucan and any other major ISP all "piggy-back" on BT's network, they will be stuck in a loop too - why do you think AOL (America On-Line) have just signed a major contract with NTL.Telewest, so their customers can enjoy the benefits when the UK catches up with the rest of the world, especially the Far East.

As for the prices, NTL.Telewest give you free Line Rental (with CableTV packages), Free Weekend Calls to all Local & National UK home telephones - Our call package prices are dropping, we are the first company in Europe to offer "Quad-Play" - visit the websites, compare the prices, and you will see, NTL.Telewest works out cheaper, and you will be able to get it all on the one bill, so it's convenient too.

I know there will be questions and querys, so i'll drop by and answer them, untill then, Enjoy NTL.Telewest if you are with them, and if not, jump on the bandwagon quickly, or be stuck with the service a developing country would have.

Regards,

A Customer Care Advisor.
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