[merged] Price increase

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.

I should think that they shouldn't increase the 150k service as they fecking well put it up last spring.It was the only increase that they made in BB too.Insert indignant smiley here.

Incog.

[DrAwesome]

You have to remember at the end of the day NTL are a business & there are no prizes for NTL if they are kind to customers, if & when NTL increase their prices & customers react by leaving then NTL's Marketing Department will probably have to have a re-think.(unless they have taken into account that some customers will leave) & are calculating that the new customers will fill in the spaces left.

[Alan Waddington]

Price rises are never good (unless its you that are charging ). I notice tiscali want £25pcm for 500kbps & bt want a socking £30pcm for 512kbps. Maybe NTL are heading for the middle ground on pricing.

/edit Pipex appear to want £23.44p cm, for 500kbps. I suppose NTL's mid-range offering is 20% faster, so it's not really a fair comparison. I wonder if Pipex's email works (Silly question - i still have a dial-up account with pipex which works fine)

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Alan Waddington

I wonder if Pipex's email works (Silly question - i still have a dial-up account with pipex which works fine)

I can confirm that it does!

I have not had an issue with my Pipex connection since I got it in November.

[th'engineer]

Originally Posted by Alan Waddington

Pipex appear to want £23.44p cm, for 500kbps. I suppose NTL's mid-range offering is 20% faster, so it's not really a fair comparison. I wonder if Pipex's email works (Silly question - i still have a dial-up account with pipex which works fine)

Sorry to correct you but NTL is slower upstream, if you are a gamer ADSL is the cheapest option also if you have a website ADSL is better.

To get rates for upload similar to ADSL you have to have the 1 meg package

[th'engineer]

Originally Posted by mmm

No-one in their right mind would do this, standard ADSL 512 has 256 up, ntl 600 has only 128 up, it has to be cheaper than the ADSL or there will be a mass exodus. And cable BB is the only thing that keeps many customers to phone and DTV. But when has ntl ever been run by people who think straight!

We are talking NTL here they are not known for there rational thinking now are they

[Fawkes]

Originally Posted by th'engineer

Sorry to correct you but NTL is slower upstream, if you are a gamer ADSL is the cheapest option also if you have a website ADSL is better.

To get rates for upload similar to ADSL you have to have the 1 meg package

You have a website and your on NTL, strange how you keep advising people to use ADSL but don't take your own advice

[DrAwesome]

For your ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£ÃƒÆ ’‚£ each month what do you need from your isp?
Good Service
Good Reliability
Good Speed
Good Price
Satisfaction

[Fawkes]

Good Service 8/10
Good Reliability 7/10
Good Speed 9/10
Good Price 8/10
Satisfaction 9/10

[purenuman]

I think I'll be trying Central POINT's 2meg £35.49

3mth min contract and static IP.

http://www.cpbb.co.uk/

[ynwa]

Centralpoint is very cheap. No mail or newsgroups though.

[rodd]

As long as ntl have at least, new (unaware) customers, balancing out the disgruntled leavers, ntl will not care much.

With sites such as this one, enlightening the unwary, the balance of the churn rate can shift as leavers increase, encouraging ntl to a more competitive and even better service.

Voicing how much better, alternative services are, will help in that respect (better service, competition), as will customers actually going to those alternative services.

As for the 150k £17.99 price going up, when for £18.99 you can get 500k, (modem £42, BT line), well the ntl 150k is already way-way over priced.

[Graham F]

Originally Posted by rodd

As long as ntl have at least, new (unaware) customers, balancing out the disgruntled leavers, ntl will not care much.

With sites such as this one, enlightening the unwary, the balance of the churn rate can shift as leavers increase, encouraging ntl to a more competitive and even better service.

Voicing how much better, alternative services are, will help in that respect (better service, competition), as will customers actually going to those alternative services.

As for the 150k £17.99 price going up, when for £18.99 you can get 500k, (modem £42, BT line), well the ntl 150k is already way-way over priced.

What does that make the dial up services that cost £14.99 and 15.99 then?

how reliable is BT's phone service these days?As I've said before I got fed up with their phone service which is why I went to what was Nynex then.


Incog.

[th'engineer]

that reminds me good old nynex and cwc