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Mauldor · 10-12-2005, 12:17

Why do they even supply modems at all? What is wrong with Buying them online and you choosing what to buy, how much to pay and so forth. ADSL ISP normally give you Free some crappy modem but at least you can buy a router / modem to suit your needs. This would then stop them having to PAY people to collect them when people terminate the account and so forth. I am sure there is a reason why they supply them and not sell them and maybe even then people would complain that they bought Modem XXX and now it wont get the full speed yet people who bought Older Routers with 10mbit ports seem happy enough to go and buy a new one.

One the things that is pretty standard in IT:

Everything gets Better, cheaper as time goes on - This also Includes the Equipment NTL Use to supply the connection (that 5K card that was mentioned).

10-12-2005, 12:17	#1346
Mauldor Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Scunthorpe Age: 59 Services: 50mbit, Base TV, Base Phone Posts: 437	*Re: ALL* ntl 10MB Discussion (Part 3)** Why do they even supply modems at all? What is wrong with Buying them online and you choosing what to buy, how much to pay and so forth. ADSL ISP normally give you Free some crappy modem but at least you can buy a router / modem to suit your needs. This would then stop them having to PAY people to collect them when people terminate the account and so forth. I am sure there is a reason why they supply them and not sell them and maybe even then people would complain that they bought Modem XXX and now it wont get the full speed yet people who bought Older Routers with 10mbit ports seem happy enough to go and buy a new one. One the things that is pretty standard in IT: Everything gets Better, cheaper as time goes on - This also Includes the Equipment NTL Use to supply the connection (that 5K card that was mentioned).