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SMHarman · 26-09-2005, 11:03

No, you can get NTL or Bulldog, you can get Telewest, or Bulldog, you cannot get NTL or Telewest.
So Telewest could lower its price for 20 MB BB to 1p, but if you were in a NTL cabled area it is of no use to you whatsoever, if Bulldog did the same you could of course switch to the competition. NTL and Telewest do not compete with oneanother, their product offerings are entirely complimentary (to use marketing speak).

To compare to a similar transport analagy, the London to Brighton railway line is not the same as the London to Glasgow line. Both use Steel rails, have trains running along them etc, but if you want to get to Brighton you can only use the Brighton line and the operator running the trains on that line.

26-09-2005, 11:03	#970
SMHarman Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Services: Cablevision Posts: 8,305	Re: ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase No, you can get NTL or Bulldog, you can get Telewest, or Bulldog, you cannot get NTL or Telewest. So Telewest could lower its price for 20 MB BB to 1p, but if you were in a NTL cabled area it is of no use to you whatsoever, if Bulldog did the same you could of course switch to the competition. NTL and Telewest do not compete with oneanother, their product offerings are entirely complimentary (to use marketing speak). To compare to a similar transport analagy, the London to Brighton railway line is not the same as the London to Glasgow line. Both use Steel rails, have trains running along them etc, but if you want to get to Brighton you can only use the Brighton line and the operator running the trains on that line.