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Horizon · 23-05-2006, 15:27

Well I've resisted calling Retentions up to now to get unethical offers when I've no intention of cancelling, well not the broadband anyway. That was until I saw the ntl and telewest web pages today... TV, Phone and Broadband for ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£15 for three months for new customers...

I've been a cable customer since the cable was first laid in my street 15/16 years ago and never gone for these offers. I have seen over that time how ntl/telewest et all treat existing customers as opposed to new customers (a bit like banks, new customers get better interest rates..) so I thought, my turn...Did have 10mb broadband, but got that reduced to 2mb (soon to be 4...) with talk unlimited for a snippet under ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£18 for 12 months. Plus half price line rental for 12 months too. So that's about ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£5 off my tv/phone bill as well.

No more ethics... I've joined the low-life majority and am better off already... The rule I've learnt (and its only taken 3 and a half decades to learn it..) is that ethics and money don't mix. If you can get a better deal for yourself, do it. Now for changing that HSBC account next...

23-05-2006, 15:27	#387
Horizon Media Watcher Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Essex Services: Sky, Cable & Freeview Posts: 2,416	Re: NTL offering package to challenge talk talk Well I've resisted calling Retentions up to now to get unethical offers when I've no intention of cancelling, well not the broadband anyway. That was until I saw the ntl and telewest web pages today... TV, Phone and Broadband for ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£15 for three months for new customers... I've been a cable customer since the cable was first laid in my street 15/16 years ago and never gone for these offers. I have seen over that time how ntl/telewest et all treat existing customers as opposed to new customers (a bit like banks, new customers get better interest rates..) so I thought, my turn...Did have 10mb broadband, but got that reduced to 2mb (soon to be 4...) with talk unlimited for a snippet under ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£18 for 12 months. Plus half price line rental for 12 months too. So that's about ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£5 off my tv/phone bill as well. No more ethics... I've joined the low-life majority and am better off already... The rule I've learnt (and its only taken 3 and a half decades to learn it..) is that ethics and money don't mix. If you can get a better deal for yourself, do it. Now for changing that HSBC account next...