*ALL* Speed Upgrade Discussion In Here Please - Page 29

mcfc2134 · 10-02-2005, 18:33

BT to rollout new speeds to residential customers on the 17th February and business customers on 1st April 2005 according to the BBC.

ntl have surely got to follow suit soon otherwise there surely taking the risk of losing new subscribers?

Neil · 10-02-2005, 18:39

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Originally Posted by mcfc2134

BT to rollout new speeds to residential customers on the 17th February and business customers on 1st April 2005 according to the BBC.

ntl have surely got to follow suit soon otherwise there surely taking the risk of losing new subscribers?

Since when have ntl ever cared about what customers thought?

mcfc2134 · 10-02-2005, 18:46

Fair point mate. I don't expect them to, but business logic says they should upgrade sooner rather than later....then again, this is ntl

jtwn · 10-02-2005, 18:57

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Originally Posted by cookie_365

Eeek, of course ! I'm looking at the numbers and thinking in Megs rather than Gigs ....

Same here

Somebody should tell this guy about video compression...

zitianaki · 10-02-2005, 21:31

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Originally Posted by Ignition

Profuse apologies, I thought you owned the ntlworldsux domain..

its ok no harm done i just stick around to see how ntl get on i like ntl and hope it does well but i for one need faster. im curious to see how long its going to take ntl to offer this 3MB. its been ages..

plus its Cyprus not greece not that it matters

dragon · 10-02-2005, 21:43

why are we waiting....

@ zitianaki gawd i wouldnt want to be downloading those would take ages..

going even more off topic you say you have a 100mbit dedicated server, how much does that cost and where from?

Ignition · 10-02-2005, 21:48

I have a mate in Cyprus

He's on broadband, it's a satellite link to the local internet cafe then wifi from there to him, there's no fibre to Cyprus or wasn't when I last spoke to him.

mcmanic · 10-02-2005, 22:12

at this rate BT is gonna beat us, NTL get your finger out your @!

Chrysalis · 10-02-2005, 22:49

It would be interesting if they even tried to upgrade Leics in its current state.

ian@huth · 10-02-2005, 22:57

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Originally Posted by mcmanic

at this rate BT is gonna beat us, NTL get your finger out your @!

The vast majority of NTL customers don't give a damn whether BT beats NTL. They are not bothered about the caps (not that most of them know about them) or faster and faster speeds. They have a service that does all that they want it to at a reasonable price and get a reasonable service. They are not bothered about ping times, tracerts and lagging. All that some customers want is an always on service that doesn't tie up the phoneline and at a reasonable price. Some don't want a service that's brilliant for gaming as they don't want their kids tied to the computer for most of their lives. These customers won't leave NTL because someone else has a faster, uncapped service. They are happy with what they have got.

At a loss · 10-02-2005, 23:56

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Originally Posted by ianathuth

The vast majority of NTL customers don't give a damn whether BT beats NTL. They are not bothered about the caps (not that most of them know about them) or faster and faster speeds. They have a service that does all that they want it to at a reasonable price and get a reasonable service. They are not bothered about ping times, tracerts and lagging. All that some customers want is an always on service that doesn't tie up the phoneline and at a reasonable price. Some don't want a service that's brilliant for gaming as they don't want their kids tied to the computer for most of their lives. These customers won't leave NTL because someone else has a faster, uncapped service. They are happy with what they have got.

I totally agree with your post how ever I want a service were by I get billed correctly so NTL has clearly failed in that department and I am now looking else where dispite all the promises of discount this discount that and still being over billed each month for my broadband services.

Sorry for the Hi-Jack but no ones listerning in the BILLING AREA

DieDieMyDarling · 11-02-2005, 00:00

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Originally Posted by ianathuth

The vast majority of NTL customers don't give a damn whether BT beats NTL. They are not bothered about the caps (not that most of them know about them) or faster and faster speeds. They have a service that does all that they want it to at a reasonable price and get a reasonable service. They are not bothered about ping times, tracerts and lagging. All that some customers want is an always on service that doesn't tie up the phoneline and at a reasonable price. Some don't want a service that's brilliant for gaming as they don't want their kids tied to the computer for most of their lives. These customers won't leave NTL because someone else has a faster, uncapped service. They are happy with what they have got.

A lot of people aren't getting that 'reasonable service'. And a lot of people are led by what others tell them, people that DO know about things like caps, etc. A lot of people are also led by advertising, and families that use the computer between them all, WILL be influenced by an advert telling them they don't have to worry about watching what they download.

Chrysalis · 11-02-2005, 06:41

the sad truth is ianuthuth is right, I dont agree with the way ntl works, but they are taking advantage of people who lack in knowledge and just look at the price hence targeting the budget user.

I agree with DieDieMyDarling as well, any company with a bad reputation will suffer as word spreads around and people are more likely to take the word of a family member or good friend over a sales person and tv advert, this will be a short term gain for ntl and a long term mess.

etccarmageddon · 11-02-2005, 07:22

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Originally Posted by ianathuth

The vast majority of NTL customers don't give a damn whether BT beats NTL. They are not bothered about the caps (not that most of them know about them) or faster and faster speeds...

I think in a few months if BT is selling 2mb for ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£25 and NTL is still giving out 750 for the same price then that could be an problem!

And as BT will soon be advertising their products with usage allowances of 1GB, 15GB, 30GB or unlimited, this will make caps/allowances no longer something hidden in the small print and therefore something people will concern themselves about when choosing a product.

swoop101 · 11-02-2005, 15:15

http://www.pcw.co.uk/news/1161152

It would seem that BT are picking the pace up now.