[Chrysalis]

Thing is ofcom are hardly going to slap ntl because look who is involved it is an ex ntl exec.

Concerning public opinion of ntl, I know people who dispise the service and I know people who think its 'ok' but I dont know anyone who thinks its excellent. The opposite is said of both bt and sky, of course there are people who dont like them but there is at least people who think their service is very good, with sky I hardly know anyone who doesn't like their service the numbers are very favourable for them.

Most people tend to stay with ntl due to the cost and hassle involved in not using them, I myself have been quoted £200 of BT if I want a phoneline because it would have to go over the roof and means I dont get to pay the standard install fee, this detterant is probably too much for me and would be for most people, triple play has made ntl the isp it is today, if like america ntl only supplied broadband and tv and we all had bt phoneline's I think the story would be very different since it would be so much easier to turn to the other side. Why is ntl cap low? well they have serious peering issues, they dont respect a lot of the competition certianly all the llu providers and seem content with just having low tier customers since they just mostly web page surfer's.

Easynet made a good start in the market and the foothold is in place for sky to grasp and move forward, sky have the means for tv advertising of the service and I really hope they advertise the extra content and play down ntl and bt's capping to shame them and gain their customer's as this would kick the market up the backside.

I think ntl are a bit crazy to have both the lower 2 tiers at 10mbit it is uneeded strain on their network and will limit what they can do with the top tier since they will have more user's bursting higher.