Is BB coming down in price then???

[Aff]

Heard today on the news BT has been forced to reduce it's lines to companies making a loss for them of some 72 million pounds.

the actual news was though, falling BB costs.

anyone have any news on this as i don't know the technicalities.

further, i'm on 150k access, now about to upgrade to 600k. do i therefore have to have a 12 month contract or will this roll on?

i'm worried everyone new will get cheaper BB access and i'm stuck in some shoddy 12 month contract at over the odds.

thanks for advice.

btw, it is very expensive having phone, tv, internet BB. my g, i didn't realise the combined hit each month!!!

[kronas]

i dont think NTL broadband will get cheaper in the short term future but ADSL seems to be continuing the trend of providing cheaper BB products and now seems to be providing faster services at cheaper prices whether compaines can sustain this and provide a quality service remains to be seen.............

[orangebird]

Originally posted by Aff


further, i'm on 150k access, now about to upgrade to 600k. do i therefore have to have a 12 month contract or will this roll on?

i'm worried everyone new will get cheaper BB access and i'm stuck in some shoddy 12 month contract at over the odds.

thanks for advice.

btw, it is very expensive having phone, tv, internet BB. my g, i didn't realise the combined hit each month!!!

Hi,

No, if you are upgrading, your contract does not extend to another 12 months, it just rolls on. hth

[matty4donna]

Ive said it before and ill say it again, ntl: will NOT reduce thier broadband pricing until the four big ADSL companies reduce thiers! Virgin, Freeserve, BT Openworld and AOL Broadband are all either around the same price or dearer. ntl: have no need to reduce them as they are thier real ADSL competitors.

[Aff]

yep, that's ok, i just don't want to be stuck in a 'contract' if a new pricing structure merges.

if say BT reduces the price and everyone follows suit i want to ensure my 'contract' price goes down with everyone else.

[matty4donna]

Originally posted by Aff
yep, that's ok, i just don't want to be stuck in a 'contract' if a new pricing structure merges.

if say BT reduces the price and everyone follows suit i want to ensure my 'contract' price goes down with everyone else.

dont worry, you will only be charged the going rate for your service. When i had 1mb i was being charged £49.99 per month then it went down to £34.99 per month in January and my price went down.

[kronas]

Originally posted by matty4donna
dont worry, you will only be charged the going rate for your service. When i had 1mb i was being charged £49.99 per month then it went down to £34.99 per month in January and my price went down.

yep that happens regardless of whether your in a 12 month contract or not its automatic

[th'engineer]

Originally posted by kronas
yep that happens regardless of whether your in a 12 month contract or not its automatic

We are talking NTL here, you know the motto screw every last penny out of the mugs(customers) "they wont understand anyway"

[CameronDalkeiri]

It seems wrong somehow that the cost to NTL for providing broadband services will fall because of tis BT business, yet the price to their customers will remain the same? So they'll be pocketing an incredible amount of additional profit!?!

Originally posted by CameronDalkeiri
It seems wrong somehow that the cost to NTL for providing broadband services will fall because of tis BT business, yet the price to their customers will remain the same? So they'll be pocketing an incredible amount of additional profit!?!

Unless I've completely missed something, BT's charges are irrelevant to ntl, because it has its own network. Ntl's pricing as compared to BT is based on what it thinks is a competitive price for its broadband service, nothing to do with paying access charges to BT because AFAIK it doesn't.

[imback]

Originally posted by towny
Unless I've completely missed something, BT's charges are irrelevant to ntl, because it has its own network

Yeah that's what I was thinking too

[SMHarman]

Originally posted by matty4donna
Ive said it before and ill say it again, ntl: will NOT reduce thier broadband pricing until the four big ADSL companies reduce thiers! Virgin, Freeserve, BT Openworld and AOL Broadband are all either around the same price or dearer. ntl: have no need to reduce them as they are thier real ADSL competitors.

Now as BT have reduced the wholesale costs to these co's they may reduce their retail costs. In turn NTL may need to reduce their costs to remain competitive.

[th'engineer]

Get your first month's line rental FREE then pay a monthly line rental charge of just £27.00 if you pay by Direct Debit or Monthly Payment Plan*. Otherwise you pay £28.00.

Just saw this on the BT site is that broadband and phone for £27 pounds is this a new offer .
It makes it cheaper than NTL if it is
One-off connection charge of only £30. Connection is subject to availability and survey, and you will need to sign up for a minimum 12 months from the date of activation. Please don't forget that the monthly charge does not include your BT line rental or the cost of your voice calls.

BT cost £327 per year based on the above

[orangebird]

Originally posted by th'engineer
Get your first month's line rental FREE then pay a monthly line rental charge of just £27.00 if you pay by Direct Debit or Monthly Payment Plan*. Otherwise you pay £28.00.

Just saw this on the BT site is that broadband and phone for £27 pounds is this a new offer .
It makes it cheaper than NTL if it is
One-off connection charge of only £30. Connection is subject to availability and survey, and you will need to sign up for a minimum 12 months from the date of activation. Please don't forget that the monthly charge does not include your BT line rental or the cost of your voice calls.

BT cost £327 per year based on the above

What speed was that for? Does it include the modem? It doesn't include the phone line... .....

[SMHarman]

But then again NTLs BB only doesn't include the phone line.