NTL going after BT

NTL to trump BT in March assault
By Tim Richardson
Published Wednesday 16th February 2005 11:01 GMT

NTL is to launch an all-out assault on BT as part of an aggressive
marketing campaign against rival broadband providers.

>From mid March, NTL intends to "match or beat ALL BT Broadband products
on price, speed and usage allowance", according to a leaked memo posted
on the NTL:HELL forums.

The UK's largest cableco - which has three million residential punters
and more than a million broadband users - also intends to offer free
email, security and personal webspace as standard.

As part of its new aggressive stand, NTL is upping the speed of its
broadband services. From mid March all new customers will be offered
the three new speeds. Current 750k and 1.5Mb customers will be
automatically upgraded to the new 2Mb and 3Mb tiers of service at no
extra cost.

NTL's 1Mb service - which comes with a 3 gig monthly usage allowance -
costs £17.99 a month.

The 2Mb service costs £24.99 while the 3Mb service is priced at
£37.99. Both come with a 1 gig a day usage allowance, although the
cableco will not be checking usage allowances "until later this year",
reveals the memo.

While NTL will be promoting the new improved packaged to new punters,
it will be up to existing NTL customers to approach the cableco
themselves to get the upgrades at "no extra cost".

Details of this increased competition in the UK's retail broadband
sector comes just a week after BT announced plans to increase the speed
of its DSL service to 2Mb at no extra cost for all but its entry-level
package. ®
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NTL to trump BT in March assault
By Tim Richardson
Published Wednesday 16th February 2005 11:01 GMT

NTL is to launch an all-out assault on BT as part of an aggressive
marketing campaign against rival broadband providers.

>From mid March, NTL intends to "match or beat ALL BT Broadband products
on price, speed and usage allowance", according to a leaked memo posted
on the NTL:HELL forums.

The UK's largest cableco - which has three million residential punters
and more than a million broadband users - also intends to offer free
email, security and personal webspace as standard.

As part of its new aggressive stand, NTL is upping the speed of its
broadband services. From mid March all new customers will be offered
the three new speeds. Current 750k and 1.5Mb customers will be
automatically upgraded to the new 2Mb and 3Mb tiers of service at no
extra cost.

NTL's 1Mb service - which comes with a 3 gig monthly usage allowance -
costs £17.99 a month.

The 2Mb service costs £24.99 while the 3Mb service is priced at
£37.99. Both come with a 1 gig a day usage allowance, although the
cableco will not be checking usage allowances "until later this year",
reveals the memo.

While NTL will be promoting the new improved packaged to new punters,
it will be up to existing NTL customers to approach the cableco
themselves to get the upgrades at "no extra cost".

Details of this increased competition in the UK's retail broadband
sector comes just a week after BT announced plans to increase the speed
of its DSL service to 2Mb at no extra cost for all but its entry-level
package. ®
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Not hard to beat, BT is not very competitive in the first place.

Yes but if you aim low then their crap customer service doesn't seem such an
issue
"Deag" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:JWOQd.16424$(E-Mail Removed). uk...
>
> "none" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
> NTL to trump BT in March assault
> By Tim Richardson
> Published Wednesday 16th February 2005 11:01 GMT
>
> NTL is to launch an all-out assault on BT as part of an aggressive
> marketing campaign against rival broadband providers.
>
>>From mid March, NTL intends to "match or beat ALL BT Broadband products
> on price, speed and usage allowance", according to a leaked memo posted
> on the NTL:HELL forums.
>
> The UK's largest cableco - which has three million residential punters
> and more than a million broadband users - also intends to offer free
> email, security and personal webspace as standard.
>
> As part of its new aggressive stand, NTL is upping the speed of its
> broadband services. From mid March all new customers will be offered
> the three new speeds. Current 750k and 1.5Mb customers will be
> automatically upgraded to the new 2Mb and 3Mb tiers of service at no
> extra cost.
>
> NTL's 1Mb service - which comes with a 3 gig monthly usage allowance -
> costs £17.99 a month.
>
> The 2Mb service costs £24.99 while the 3Mb service is priced at
> £37.99. Both come with a 1 gig a day usage allowance, although the
> cableco will not be checking usage allowances "until later this year",
> reveals the memo.
>
> While NTL will be promoting the new improved packaged to new punters,
> it will be up to existing NTL customers to approach the cableco
> themselves to get the upgrades at "no extra cost".
>
> Details of this increased competition in the UK's retail broadband
> sector comes just a week after BT announced plans to increase the speed
> of its DSL service to 2Mb at no extra cost for all but its entry-level
> package. ®
> Related stories
>
>
>
>
> Not hard to beat, BT is not very competitive in the first place.
>
>
>
>

none wrote:
> NTL to trump BT in March assault

What innovation, what daring, what an amazing approach.

BT + not much, just as they've been doing with telephony for years.

Isn't that amazing....

On Wednesday 16 February 2005 19:07 none wrote:

> NTL's 1Mb service - which comes with a 3 gig monthly usage allowance
> - costs £17.99 a month.
>
> The 2Mb service costs £24.99 while the 3Mb service is priced at
> £37.99. Both come with a 1 gig a day usage allowance, although the
> cableco will not be checking usage allowances "until later this
> year", reveals the memo.

I don't understand.
There have been umpteen (many hundreds) of posts in this group re.
Plusnet, the new caps (ok - limits!), prices, etc.

The above represents NTL's new, aggressive marketing?
How is it any more/better than what PN now offer?
- and how easy is it to move from NTL?

Isn't this all "too little, too late", or am I missing something?

Bill

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, B Gruff wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 February 2005 19:07 none wrote:
>
> > NTL's 1Mb service - which comes with a 3 gig monthly usage allowance
> > - costs £17.99 a month.
> >
> > The 2Mb service costs £24.99 while the 3Mb service is priced at
> > £37.99. Both come with a 1 gig a day usage allowance, although the
> > cableco will not be checking usage allowances "until later this
> > year", reveals the memo.
>
> I don't understand.
> There have been umpteen (many hundreds) of posts in this group re.
> Plusnet, the new caps (ok - limits!), prices, etc.
>
> The above represents NTL's new, aggressive marketing?
> How is it any more/better than what PN now offer?
> - and how easy is it to move from NTL?
>
> Isn't this all "too little, too late", or am I missing something?

It may be "too little too late" but for an NTL 300k (ex 150k, ex ex
125k) customer, more than tripling the download speed at a stroke sounds
like excellent news. Does the upstream speed stay at 64K or is it being
beefed up a tad too?

--

Jock Mackirdy
Bedford

> It may be "too little too late" but for an NTL 300k (ex 150k, ex ex
> 125k) customer, more than tripling the download speed at a stroke sounds
> like excellent news. Does the upstream speed stay at 64K or is it being
> beefed up a tad too?

Upstreams for the new 1/2/3 meg packages are 100/200/300k respectively.
(allegedly, as none of it is actually officially confirmed yet)

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Peter G Sheppard wrote:
> > It may be "too little too late" but for an NTL 300k (ex 150k, ex ex
> > 125k) customer, more than tripling the download speed at a stroke sounds
> > like excellent news. Does the upstream speed stay at 64K or is it being
> > beefed up a tad too?
>
> Upstreams for the new 1/2/3 meg packages are 100/200/300k respectively.
> (allegedly, as none of it is actually officially confirmed yet)

Any further news on the rumoured NTL speed upgrades?


Jock Mackirdy
Bedford

"Jock Mackirdy" wrote in message ...
> In article Peter G Sheppard wrote:

>> > Does the upstream speed stay at 64K or is it being
>> > beefed up a tad too?

>> Upstreams for the new 1/2/3 meg packages are 100/200/300k
>> respectively.

> Any further news on the rumoured NTL speed upgrades?

I'm getting it installed tomorrow and it's supposed to be the new
speed from day one. Will have a definite answer Mon evening.

--
Cheers,
DaveGK
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