BT no frills £19.99 with.. 1gig a MONTH cap!!!

[Jon M]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3521539.stm

What a joke.. 1gig a month translates to about 35meg a day.. you could hit that cap with a dialup in 2 hours..

[magpie]

I don't think that's a joke - some people simply don't download a lot. I know my parents use their BB connection only to check email, and perhaps visit a couple of websites every day - they would get nowhere near 1Gb a month, but they would save £5 per month over the same speed service from ntl.

Even more interesting in that story is Telewest's new 256KBps service at £17.99p m. Why is it that Telewest, who have the same infrastructure as ntl, can offer a faster service at the same price? Although they are not in competition, I will be dissapointed if ntl don't match this offer soon - Telewest's 2Meg service, their lack of a cap and now this new service are really beginning to show what a cable network with proper investment can achieve, and it's putting ntl to shame.

There's a fair degree of crossover between this thread and the Telewest 256k announcement thread, seeing as both seem to have been announced today and BBC news is treating them as the same story. P'raps we should get the threads merged?

[Neil]

Originally Posted by magpie

Even more interesting in that story is Telewest's new 256KBps service at £17.99p m. Why is it that Telewest, who have the same infrastructure as ntl, can offer a faster service at the same price? Although they are not in competition, I will be dissapointed if ntl don't match this offer soon - Telewest's 2Meg service, their lack of a cap and now this new service are really beginning to show what a cable network with proper investment can achieve, and it's putting ntl to shame.

http://forum.nthellworld.co.uk/showt...newpost&t=8649

[paul11974]

For the 1st time i am tempted to rejoin bt. I am on ntls 128 k for 17.99 a month and for £2 extra i could get 4 times faster speed i don t tend to download a lot just surfing and emails and the odd download i must admit i hope ntl responds to this move by bt
http://www.bt.com/broadband/bb_basic.htm

just a quick question how many downloads aprox a day do u get with this service ?

duplicate thread

http://forum.nthellworld.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8643

[Chrysalis]

I wouldnt bother and just get the 24.99 package £5 isn't worth such a restriction.

It is well worth the restriction to someone on a tight budget. It seems a lot of people in the forum just can't grasp the concept that not everyone who has broadband spends all their time downloading files. A large number of users (the majority I would say) just surf a few sites and use e-mail. This is ideal for them.

[erol]

Originally Posted by paul11974

For the 1st time i am tempted to rejoin bt. I am on ntls 128 k for 17.99 a month and for £2 extra i could get 4 times faster speed i don t tend to download a lot just surfing and emails and the odd download i must admit i hope ntl responds to this move by bt
http://www.bt.com/broadband/bb_basic.htm

just a quick question how many downloads aprox a day do u get with this service ?

If you are a light users and the BT BB basic package looks of intertest to you then you should really consider this

http://www.metronet.co.uk/adsl/paygo

512kbs down 256kbs up
upto 200MB per month £10pm
from 201 - 5796 MB £0.0025 per MB
over 5795 MB - no charge!

For light users this is by far and away the best package available in the UK atm that I know of.

In comparision to BT BB Basic
Does not have a premium rate helpline number - BB basic does.
Can use your own DSL modem - BT BB basic requires you to buy their USB DSL modem.
For 1GB usage per month BT BB works out at £20. If you use it less its still £20. Metronet by comparision costs £12pm. Use it less and it costs less.
Go over the 1gig pm limit on BT BB Basic and there is an (unspecified) charge. Use as much as you like with Metronet. Usage over 5796MB is not charged!

Originally Posted by pem

It is well worth the restriction to someone on a tight budget. It seems a lot of people in the forum just can't grasp the concept that not everyone who has broadband spends all their time downloading files. A large number of users (the majority I would say) just surf a few sites and use e-mail. This is ideal for them.

This is certainly true for me. I got Broadband for faster browsing and a reliable connection, plus fast downloads on the odd occasion I need it (most often just my Mac OS software updates).

I have never been a high bandwidth user and would happily contemplate moving to a service whose cap is offered as a selling point rather than buried in the AUP. This is IMHO a far more honest way of capping a service rather than implying it's unlimited and then slapping on the restrictions.

[danielf]

Originally Posted by pem

It is well worth the restriction to someone on a tight budget. It seems a lot of people in the forum just can't grasp the concept that not everyone who has broadband spends all their time downloading files. A large number of users (the majority I would say) just surf a few sites and use e-mail. This is ideal for them.

While that is a valid point, I wonder how much difference 600k and 150 make in terms of browsing (I don't know as I went from dialup to 600k). Seeing that 150 'unlimited' (limited to 30Gigs a month) is cheaper, I wonder if this really is much of an improvement for 'light users'.

Also consider the £80 connection charges. For the first year, this service is more expensive than less limited services of the same speed.

[erol]

Originally Posted by towny

This is certainly true for me. I got Broadband for faster browsing and a reliable connection, plus fast downloads on the odd occasion I need it (most often just my Mac OS software updates).

I have never been a high bandwidth user and would happily contemplate moving to a service whose cap is offered as a selling point rather than buried in the AUP. This is IMHO a far more honest way of capping a service rather than implying it's unlimited and then slapping on the restrictions.

So what do you think of the metronet service?

Does £10pm 512/256kbs BB not appeal ?

[Florence]

Originally Posted by magpie

Even more interesting in that story is Telewest's new 256KBps service at £17.99p m. Why is it that Telewest, who have the same infrastructure as ntl, can offer a faster service at the same price? Although they are not in competition, I will be dissapointed if ntl don't match this offer soon - Telewest's 2Meg service, their lack of a cap and now this new service are really beginning to show what a cable network with proper investment can achieve, and it's putting ntl to shame.

That is because Telewest has done a lot of updating of their service and listen to what customers wanted.

Originally Posted by erol

So what do you think of the metronet service?

Does £10pm 512/256kbs BB not appeal ?

It certainly does ... I suspect customer inertia is NTL's friend in this market, but as we're upping and moving later this year we are going to be looking hard at the alternatives. Metronet is now going to be high on the list - thanks for the tip!

[Chrysalis]

1 gig would be used by web browsing, unless you are an extremely light user then I would then say broadband is not for you.

BT have 1 intention with this package, that is to lure people from dialup to broadband with it and then make them move to the proper package when they exceed the traffic limit.