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ian@huth



This is why the introductory level of the ISPs that have a 1GB or 2Gb per month cap for around £17.99 are so popular. The users on them have enough bandwidth for their requirements. Broadband users and potential users within NTL cabled areas will be attracted to a service which has an higher cap, albeit only 3 Gb per month, and a higher download speed for the same £17.99. The new 2 Mb and 3 Mb services from NTL will win a lot of customers from ADSL that cannot get more than 512k from ADSL.


You are wrong about a couple of things.

It is popular because there is no other choice. I have talked to a friend who has subscribed to BT 512kbps 5G monthly cap for 17.99.
He is very unhappy with the service. He doesnââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t need this kind of speed for surfing the Internet and e-mails. So, basically he pays money for the speed he doesnââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t use/need and he has no better option.
Ppl who are attracted to 3/5G monthly cap has to pay so much money for speed they do not need.

The new 2 Mb and 3 Mb services from NTL will win a lot of customers from ADSL that cannot get more than 512k from ADSL.
No, it will not attract new customers who is not happy with 512 DSL. Simply because ppl who need better speed they, in most cases, consume more than these ridiculous 30G/40G caps, so there is no point for them to have these higher speeds and pay for them, if they cannot really use them.

scrotnig

A few thousand customers (if that!) spending £38 a month? I really don't think so!
You see? You are wrong. In a particular case with NTL it works very differently, because NTL cable customers also pay for phone line rent and for phone bills and for digital TV. So, it is much more then just 38.

except when some numbskull starts downloading thousands of music tracks and/or movies to burn onto disc and sell in the pub.
You must be kidding. Maybe this happened in the past, a few years ago or so. Nowdays people who sell pirated disks in a public place would be arrested at once, let alone people who buys from them are dolts.

What amazes me is that these high usage people keep threatening to take their business elsewhere, thinking the company will be crippled when they do. Can you people not understand, this is exactly what the company WANT you to do, so please, stop bleating and clear off!
NTL is an Administrator on its own huge network. Admin is deciding what its user can or cannot do. It is clear and simple as this. This means that if NTL wanted people who uses more than 30G per month to leave they would get rid of them long time ago with a snap of fingers.