Plusnet making a stand against activation!!!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05...net_broadband/

About bloody time an ISP took steps to sort this out, £58 "Activation" is
steep, NTL doesn`t charge installation or modem costs or even "Activation"
fee`s..

Good luck Plusnet..

On Wed, 12 May 2004 18:01:40 +0100, "Meggahurtz" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>About bloody time an ISP took steps to sort this out, £58 "Activation" is
>steep, NTL doesn`t charge installation or modem costs or even "Activation"
>fee`s..

But NTL do require a chargable engineer visit to deliver and connect
the box.

"Woof" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 12 May 2004 18:01:40 +0100, "Meggahurtz" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:

> But NTL do require a chargable engineer visit to deliver and connect
> the box.

Not Broadband they don`t!!!

Meggahurtz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
:> But NTL do require a chargable engineer visit to deliver and connect
:> the box.

: Not Broadband they don`t!!!

Correct! A colleague got totally free connection - INCLUDING lots of extra
work digging up the pavement to re-route the cable to the other edge of his
property (list price £400) -from ntl And he didn't have to take phone
or TV from them either!

On Wed, 12 May 2004 18:29:18 +0100 and in article <a9a0a$40a25edf
$5164dee4$(E-Mail Removed)-service-com>, Meggahurtz said...
:
: "Woof" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
: news:(E-Mail Removed)...
: > On Wed, 12 May 2004 18:01:40 +0100, "Meggahurtz" <(E-Mail Removed)>
: > wrote:
:
: > But NTL do require a chargable engineer visit to deliver and connect
: > the box.
:
: Not Broadband they don`t!!!

Erm, yes, they *do*.

--
chris

On 12 May 2004 18:10:54 GMT and in article <c7tpbe$1250
@newton.cc.rl.ac.uk>, Brian McIlwrath said...
: Meggahurtz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: :> But NTL do require a chargable engineer visit to deliver and connect
: :> the box.
:
: : Not Broadband they don`t!!!
:
: Correct! A colleague got totally free connection - INCLUDING lots of extra
: work digging up the pavement to re-route the cable to the other edge of his
: property (list price £400) -from ntl And he didn't have to take phone
: or TV from them either!
:
The point missing point misser!

--
chris

"Woof" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message:

> But NTL do require a chargable engineer visit to deliver and connect
> the box.

Not when I signed up...they had to run a cable over the roof and put a box
on the wall to receive the service...they did not charge us for anything,
not even the cable modem...just £24.99 per month to access the 600k service.

chris <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: :
: The point missing point misser!

Look - he got Â(according to ntl ~£500 of work with NO charg! That's NO
(zero) installation fee!!!! plus extra work not not supposed to be
even in a "standard" installation.

What's not clear to your little brain?

"chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b0c7955b444b817989e26@127.0.0.1...
> Erm, yes, they *do*.
>

http://www.ntlhome.com/ntl_internet/...d_producttower


**Special offer on all speeds:
Special Offer: First 3 months half price. Free Installation Free Modem

On 12/5/04 7:10 pm, in article c7tpbe$(E-Mail Removed), "Brian
McIlwrath" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Meggahurtz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> :> But NTL do require a chargable engineer visit to deliver and connect
> :> the box.
>
> : Not Broadband they don`t!!!
>
> Correct! A colleague got totally free connection - INCLUDING lots of extra
> work digging up the pavement to re-route the cable to the other edge of his
> property (list price £400) -from ntl And he didn't have to take phone
> or TV from them either!

And that¹s probably why ntl was/are practically bankrupt.

The economics don¹t add up .... Perhaps other ISP's want to stay in the
black as far as accounts are concerned ?