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Originally Posted by Stuart C
Is it me, or is then uk residential ISP market showing signs of collapsing?
If it is, in the short term, that will be good for us consumers (lower prices, faster speeds etc). In the longer term, it will be bad (fewer ISPs to chose from, less competition so less incentive to upgrade).
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It's been showing signs of collapsing since Carphone Warehouse announced their deal.
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Originally Posted by jtwn
Well LLU appears to be going well, all the big boys have already sold out   |
That'll be why it's growing several times faster than cable I guess despite a smaller footprint.
Much as though I hate to throw facts into the mix here check out
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/newsarchive.asp?item=2711 - the fastest growing part of ntl's internet business is its' ADSL, and LLU is adding well over 5000 connections a week at the moment, a growth rate way in excess of either original ntl or ex-Telewest, who between them managed to add 190,000 customers in the whole of last year. It's expected that by the end of the year LLU providers will have added over 500k customers.