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Originally posted by towny
If the article was merely a discussion of what goes on on the internet, there would be no wrongdoing on ntl's part. But it is not merely a discussion. It is in the context of an advertisement, and the reasonable assumption is that anything said in an advert is intended to support the proposition that you buy/subscribe to the product being described. So when NTL advertises its broadband internet, and tells people they should sign up, and then issues statistics about illegal activities as part of that advert (without saying these are illegal and warning you not to do it), we can reasonably conclude that they are inciting people to commit an illegal act. IMHO. But I think the ASA might agree.
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Towny you raised some interesting points there, and I would normally accept them as being good enough, however, I think its wrong. The Advert isnt the best written advert I've seen, no Far from it.
What I contest is that some of the users on here have rushed headlong into this argument and are trying their best to even their personal gripes with NTL. Not only this, but they are also on the other hand demanding NTL spend money to upgrade the network and enable the 2Mb connection speed also to remove the download CAP.
Now the way I see the advert is this:-
Its predominantly an NTL advertisment for BB internet. They then have a side panel seperated from the main advertisement by a border, and within this border it repeats some facts about internet usage as a whole.
The advertisment in my oppinoin is poor, as it doesnt state where those facts came from. But anyone with a ha'peth of intelligence would know that they are not talking solely about NTL home BB connections there.
I am not saying NTL dont deserve a ticking off because the advertisement is poor and doesnt carry T&C small print.
I also dont think reporting NTL to FACT for this matter is appropriate either.