[merged] Price increase

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Richard M

If you haven't seen it yet: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/22/36760.html

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[Stuartbe]

Originally Posted by Neil

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[Charlie_Bubble]

Originally Posted by Stuartbe

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[etccarmageddon]

Originally Posted by Hell's Child

1MB is going up to £37.99. 600k is staying the same as is 150k.


This will be announced to customers 7th April.

today's the big day! will it happen or will it turn out to be unsubstantiated load of cobblers!

[Neil]

Those price rises in full.....(just as we predicted )

Telco

Second lines
Standardise to £7.50

Features
Increase to £1.50*

Fixed to Mobile rates
Reduce Fixed to UK Mobile rates.

Fixed to International Mobiles
Increase Fixed to International mobile rates to landline rate plus 20ppm.
*Excludes Itemised billing

Internet

Broadband

High Speed (1Mb) Increase price to £37.99
Consoles (xbox and PS2) Decrease price to incremental £2

Dial Up

Unmetered (Unlimited) Increase price to £12.49
Metered (Pay as you go) Increase price to local rate 3-2-1ppm

DTV

Base Pack (no premiums):
From £18 to £19

Mid Pack (no premiums):
From £25 to £26

Family Pack (no premiums):
From £28 to £29

Premium Packs:
Premium prices changing from between -£1 and +£2

Hangama Pack:
From £23.50 to £24.50

Radio Times price change from £3.60 to £3.73 per month.

Effective as of the 1st of June 2004.

[Edit].....

Originally Posted by Neil

Ok, Here's what I believe to be happening regarding price rises.....

It would appear that both 1 Meg & 600k ntl broadband will both be going up by £2.00 per month (I'm not 100% certaian on the 600k)

It would also appear that the folks that make these decisions have seen a bit of sense at last, & have chosen not to increase the price of the 150k service.

DTV it also appears will be going up, although we believe how much by has still to be confirmed, as apparently the decision was only made on the 15th of this month.

So-£38.00 1 meg ntl BB anyone? or perhaps I can interest you in £600k BB for the attractive sum of £27 per month?-didn't think so!

It will be interesting to see what price they set their DSL package at when/if it launches.

Surely they can see that they are making cable BB much more unattractive when compared to ADSL?

I'll let you know more as soon as I find out.

N.

[bigitup_j]

base pack increasing from £18 to £19!!

what a rip off...at least it better than lasts years £3 hike on 150k broadband!
but still, you don't get much with the base pack!!

[Graham F]

what else would you want to see in the base pack?

Baring in mind that they added E4 a little while ago, The increase on TV is down to sky increasing their proces to ntl.

Edit - Neil always getting good info first

[Defiant]

Originally Posted by bigitup_j

base pack increasing from £18 to £19!!

what a rip off...at least it better than lasts years £3 hike on 150k broadband!
but still, you don't get much with the base pack!!

Not really no. Not when you look at this http://www.freeview.co.uk/

The NTL board of directors seem to have there head's in the sand

[mmm]

Originally Posted by Neil

Those price rises in full.....(just as we predicted )



Effective as of the 1st of June 2004.

[Edit].....

Can you confirm 150k and 600k cable modem not changing?

[Graham F]

Yes they are staying the same, even though ntl were going to increase 600k price they saw sense on that one and its staying the same

[orangebird]

Originally Posted by Defiant

Not really no. Not when you look at this http://www.freeview.co.uk/

The NTL board of directors seem to have there head's in the sand

It's not really a fair comparison though is it?

NTL pay for your stb, your installation, and all your maintenance costs whilst you have the package.

Freeview, you have to pay for and maintain (outside the manufacturers warranty) the service and hardware yourself.....

[orangebird]

Originally Posted by mmm

Can you confirm 150k and 600k cable modem not changing?

I can. Not changing at all.

[Defiant]

Originally Posted by orangebird

It's not really a fair comparison though is it?

NTL pay for your stb, your installation, and all your maintenance costs whilst you have the package.

Freeview, you have to pay for and maintain (outside the manufacturers warranty) the service and hardware yourself.....

Hmm so doe's $ky pay for there stb's too?

As for FREEview you can get a decent stb for £49 then they have the usual 12 month guarantee so if anything did go wrong your laughing

[Neil]

I'm sorry, but £38.00 for 1MB BB is just overpriced.

It can be a poor service to begin with, which makes it not worth £5.00 per month-email/proxies etc, but even if it was working 100%, it never worth £38.00 per month.

Most of the DSL providers now offer 1MB for around the £32.00 per month mark (& dropping), yet ntl see fit to raise the price of the 1 meg.....

Gotta pay for those shareholders/directors bonuses somehow I suppose....

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Defiant

Hmm so doe's $ky pay for there stb's too?

As for FREEview you can get a decent stb for £49 then they have the usual 12 month guarantee so if anything did go wrong your laughing

Sky boxes are free, just the same as ntl's.

At worst with Freeview-even if your box blew up every 13 months (just outside guarantee) the most it would cost you would be £50.00 per year.