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Originally Posted by DieDieMyDarling
An inexperienced user wouldn't want 3mb, especially not for 37.99 a month. People who will justify that amount of money a month, will be people who want the speed for a reason. People who download a lot of big files, and wish to do it quicker. A few gamers might also do it, thinking (wrongly) it will give them better pings. Etc. I honestly think anyone who doesn't see through ntl's reasons for doing this, are fooling only themselves.
This is meant to be an advertising ploy. 'We have the fastest "national" speeds' - 'even our lowest teir customers are on 1mb' - 'Our cable tv service is very unreliable, our email servers work when they feel like it, our newsgroup servers are missing in action, and our transparent proxies will see to it that some of your favourite websites just can't be found'... oh hang on, they never use the truth in adverts, my bad.  |
Yes, Like BT dont tell people about their 1GB a month cap in their "fast broadband" adverts, Like AOL doesnt tell you that there is an AUP (and thus a form of cap) On their "unlimited" service, Like Pipex dont tell you that their support sucks, their microfilters manage to randomly bugger up the phone or adsl modem (Friends personal experience), Like bulldogs advertising didnt make it clear that their 4Mb was available to 10 people, like BMW didnt tell people that their fuel tanks could explode....may I go on?
Advertising is well, supposed to lure people in, you wouldnt see an atkins diet ad saying "well weight watches is proven to be easier to stick to, and more effective" would you? the point of advertising is to get people interested, not to scare people off
