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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/03/ntl_q3_04/

Awesome, awesome news, it's about time this happened!

NTL looks set to take a big lead in the UK's broadband sector by ramping up speeds next year for residential broadband customers while freezing prices. The move will leave a yawning gap between NTL's offering and BT-based ADSL services.

NTL's entry level 300k service will be supercharged to 1Mb while still costing £17.99 a month. Its new 2Mb service will cost £24.99 while 3Mb will cost £37.99.

The speed increases will be rolled out to new customers during the first three months of next year, although existing customers must cough up a £25 "administration fee" to make the switch.

Industry insiders reckon BT will have to follow suit or risk losing out, following this latest shake-up to hit the sector.

Said NTL chief exec Simon Duffy: "To retain our leadership position in broadband, we will be increasing the speeds of our ntl: Home products in Q1 2005 to 1Mb, 2Mb and 3Mb at existing prices. This decision reflects our determination to ensure that we will always have the most competitive range of broadband products in the marketplace."

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[gofreak]

They did the same thing in ireland recently, except with smaller speed bumps. Our fastest offering before was 512k, but NTL charged in and started offering 750k and 1.5mb services. They're putting the frightners on the telecoms for sure...

 

[Suerte]

They did the same thing in ireland recently, except with smaller speed bumps. Our fastest offering before was 512k, but NTL charged in and started offering 750k and 1.5mb services. They're putting the frightners on the telecoms for sure...

They did that small speed increase all over the UK I think but yeah, this is excellent news, 3Mb shall be mine, oh yes, it shall.

 

[DSN2K]

so my 750K will jump to 2mb ?

 

[Newduck]

Both Telewest and NTL had an upgrade recently, but not that drastic, previously i beleive NTL followed Telewest, i'm currently with telewest, and don't think NTL supply to the area so i hope Telewest follow with upgrades.

 

[navanman]

They did the same thing in ireland recently, except with smaller speed bumps. Our fastest offering before was 512k, but NTL charged in and started offering 750k and 1.5mb services. They're putting the frightners on the telecoms for sure...

gofreak im moving to a new gaf in a month and the ntl 750K package + digital tv looks the business. How has ur experience with the NTL cable been, any issues??