Telewest Cuts to 14-99 a month (256)

Telewest tempts dial-up users to broadband
By Tim Richardson
Published Friday 29th October 2004 13:48 GMT

Telewest is looking to tempt dial-up users in its cable franchise
areas with a "no brainer" offer designed to lure them onto broadband.

From Monday, new punters (tough luck, existing users) will be able to
subscribe to Telewest's 256Kbps broadband service for £14.99 a month -
a similar price to what they might pay for unmetered dial-up packages
from the likes of AOL UK, BT, Tiscali or Wanadoo.

The promo price is available for a year after which it reverts back to
the usual price of £17.99 a month.

The cabelco - which has more than 250,000 narrowband punters and in
excess of 500,000 broadband users - wants to tempt hard-to-budge
dial-up users to switch to broadband.

Said Telewest bigwig Eric Tveter: "There are now no reasons not to
take broadband - the price is the same as dial-up but there are none
of the frustrations and the advantages are obvious - faster speeds, an
always on connection and you can use the phone and the internet at the
same time."

On Wednesday, AOL UK cut the cost of its entry-level 256Kbps service -
AOL Broadband Silver. It now costs £17.99 a month, down from £19.99 a
month, and is uncapped, comes with no upfront fees and also benefits
from a free customer helpline. ®
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On 29 Oct 2004 11:17:21 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (scuffler) wrote:
>Said Telewest bigwig Eric Tveter: "There are now no reasons not to
>take broadband - the price is the same as dial-up but there are none
>of the frustrations and the advantages are obvious - faster speeds, an
>always on connection and you can use the phone and the internet at the
>same time."
But there IS a reason not to switch to broadband Eric that being that
to get broadband you have to have an additional 1/4 inch thick white
cable running round your house to the computer. I am contemplating
getting rid of Twest services and going back to ADSL for this reason
alone apart from other dissatisfactions .

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> On 29 Oct 2004 11:17:21 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (scuffler) wrote:
>
>>Said Telewest bigwig Eric Tveter: "There are now no reasons not to
>>take broadband - the price is the same as dial-up but there are none
>>of the frustrations and the advantages are obvious - faster speeds, an
>>always on connection and you can use the phone and the internet at the
>>same time."
>
> But there IS a reason not to switch to broadband Eric that being that
> to get broadband you have to have an additional 1/4 inch thick white
> cable running round your house to the computer. I am contemplating
> getting rid of Twest services and going back to ADSL for this reason
> alone apart from other dissatisfactions .

I have a black cable.

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:38:06 +0100, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>I have a black cable.
Which is slightly worse wouldn't be so bad where the cable not so
thick .

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:38:06 +0100, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>>I have a black cable.
>
> Which is slightly worse wouldn't be so bad where the cable not so
> thick .

Site a wireless router, along with the modem, at the cable's entry point.

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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:46:01 +0100, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:38:06 +0100, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>I have a black cable.
>Which is slightly worse wouldn't be so bad where the cable not so
>thick .

I use the 256 service and I opted for using the STB (Set Top Box) and running
an ethernet cable to it. However I could have put a wireless router next to
it.

Clansman

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> But there IS a reason not to switch to broadband Eric that being that
> to get broadband you have to have an additional 1/4 inch thick white
> cable running round your house to the computer. I am contemplating
> getting rid of Twest services and going back to ADSL for this reason
> alone apart from other dissatisfactions .

Load of tosh. I've got at most 6" of coax running from the wall box to the
modem. Then a similar length of Cat 5 to the wireless router.

Cheers
Clive