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Chrysalis · 17-12-2004, 19:06

To answer some points made and to raise new points.

1 - It is not easy for some people to simply change provider eg. Landlord might not allow BT line(my case), could be no ADSL in area, could be out of ADSL range, might not be household owner and as such cant decide on telco provider. NTL have effective cable monopoly which I do not agree with, BT are forced to have competition I cannot see how it is fair telewest and NTL dont compete in same areas as they obviously both provide largely different levels of service.

2 - ISP's such as AAisp have caps but they are time of day triggered so you have a monthly allowance for peak time downloading but in early morning there is no limit, why can't NTL implement something similiar.

3 - Most ADSL isp's who have a cap such as metronet and plusnet have a price cap at which point the connection becomes unmetered, the only 2 ADSL isp's who dont do this are wannadoo and BT surprise surpise this is who NTL compare themselves to.

4 - Market research is bull****, fact is a lot of customers are not technically minded so as such don't use their connections to their potential for isp's this is a free gift since they are paying something they barely use. Those who do want to use it are getting labled as abusers (not talking about 24/7 talking about the people caught in the middle)

17-12-2004, 19:06	#85
Chrysalis Inactive Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: NTL - New 1MB / 5GB Cap - should I subscribe @ 300k with NO CAP ? To answer some points made and to raise new points. 1 - It is not easy for some people to simply change provider eg. Landlord might not allow BT line(my case), could be no ADSL in area, could be out of ADSL range, might not be household owner and as such cant decide on telco provider. NTL have effective cable monopoly which I do not agree with, BT are forced to have competition I cannot see how it is fair telewest and NTL dont compete in same areas as they obviously both provide largely different levels of service. 2 - ISP's such as AAisp have caps but they are time of day triggered so you have a monthly allowance for peak time downloading but in early morning there is no limit, why can't NTL implement something similiar. 3 - Most ADSL isp's who have a cap such as metronet and plusnet have a price cap at which point the connection becomes unmetered, the only 2 ADSL isp's who dont do this are wannadoo and BT surprise surpise this is who NTL compare themselves to. 4 - Market research is bull****, fact is a lot of customers are not technically minded so as such don't use their connections to their potential for isp's this is a free gift since they are paying something they barely use. Those who do want to use it are getting labled as abusers (not talking about 24/7 talking about the people caught in the middle)