AOL drops 1mb price from £35 to £30 per month

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Russ D

Am I the only one here who, irregardless of how cheap they might be, would avoid AOL software like the plague? I had their dial-up service a few months ago and never before had I experienced so many browser crashes.

Plus, once you give them f**kers at AOL your address, that's it, you're condemned to marketing literature and AOL CD's coming through your door for the rest of your life

[Russ]

Yep, never a truer word spoken.....

[MovedGoalPosts]

I too would avoid AOL like the plague, but mainly because I don't want to be trapped by it's software. For some the software is an atraction. My boss loves AOL for the inbuilt controls that ensure his kids can only go to the sites he allows. I know you can get netnanny and similar stuff elsewhere, but you have to search for it. AOL give it to you on a plate.

There may not be much to choose from to separate prices of the AOL 512k and NTL 600 services. But at the 1meg level the difference is staggerring, when you consider ntls iminent price rise, even with their yet to be launched speed increases.

The real point here is Ntls pricing is going in the opposite direction to the industry. It demonstrates the real danger that ntl are becoming less competetive than other ISPs. That will reduce new customer signups, whilst exisiting customers are likely to leave for cheaper options (where alternate services exist). That has to be a worrying trend for ntl's long term health. In turn it is worrying for it's customers, who want to see services evolve. Ntl staff must also have concerns as their livelihood depends on ntls success in the marketplace.