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Stuart · 29-07-2005, 10:34

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I personally have NTL (have had cable since about 1998, when my providor was still Cable & Wireless), but have been very happy with it, generally.

I think NTL's deal is quite good value for money (although it may look expensive compared to sky, bear in mind you get a phone line too).

I have to admit, I am not sure what's in the base pack at the moment, as I have everything apart from the premium channels & sky movies, but from what I have been told, NTL's base pack is better than Sky's. You should also find that at some point in the future, you will get tru Video on demand. This means that whenever you want to see a programme, you can bring up a menu, select it, and watch it. For example, if you wanted to see The Simpsons, but were out when it was on, and forgot to set the video, you would be able to watch it (note: I don't know if the simpsons is on VOD).

As to whether the 1 Meg is enough, well, it is certainly fast enough for web browsing, and email. The only slight hitch is that you are limited to downloading 3 Gig (3,000 Meg) a month. This will be fine for basic browsing and email, but if you start to download lots of large files (such as video, or games), it could become a problem.

29-07-2005, 10:34	#3
Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	Re: New to all this to CableForum.. I personally have NTL (have had cable since about 1998, when my providor was still Cable & Wireless), but have been very happy with it, generally. I think NTL's deal is quite good value for money (although it may look expensive compared to sky, bear in mind you get a phone line too). I have to admit, I am not sure what's in the base pack at the moment, as I have everything apart from the premium channels & sky movies, but from what I have been told, NTL's base pack is better than Sky's. You should also find that at some point in the future, you will get tru Video on demand. This means that whenever you want to see a programme, you can bring up a menu, select it, and watch it. For example, if you wanted to see The Simpsons, but were out when it was on, and forgot to set the video, you would be able to watch it (note: I don't know if the simpsons is on VOD). As to whether the 1 Meg is enough, well, it is certainly fast enough for web browsing, and email. The only slight hitch is that you are limited to downloading 3 Gig (3,000 Meg) a month. This will be fine for basic browsing and email, but if you start to download lots of large files (such as video, or games), it could become a problem.