NTL Price Drop

RintPete

from Jan 1st 2006

Broadband 1 Mb (Monthly) from €25.00 to €24.99
Broadband 2 Mb (Monthly) from €35.00 to €29.99
Broadband 3 Mb (Monthly) from €45.00 to €39.99


http://www.ntl.com/locales/ie/en/athome/pdf/pricing_191205.pdf

GBX

Always good to see decreases in prices from anybody.. this is good, Im with NTL

Drapper

hummmm how did you find that?

halenger

That's nice but....I'd rather they do that and announce upgrades/expanded roll-out. I'd hope that's not 'it'.

RintPete

Drapper wrote:

hummmm how did you find that?

It was in Today's Irish Times also on their web site.

Drapper

RintPete wrote:

It was in Today's Irish Times also on their web site.

sweet!

Mercury_Tilt

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JPA

Mercury_Tilt wrote:

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I downgraded from 3meg to 2meg. Hardly noticed. Sure downloads take a bit longer but not's really noticeable when these downloads are very large. I very rarely maxed out my bandwidth when I was on 3meg anyway.

But if 3 become 10 and 2 stays at 2 then I'll definitely upgrade.

Mistmyr

Well if the upgrade to 10meg happens here in the new year i hope it runs easier then its going in the UK forums over there are full of folk bitching about firmare upgrade to modems and major probs with the oder style of hardware they have there

Fingers crossed for a price reduction and performance increase in the new year, now that would make a sweat belated xmas pressie )


Misty

OfflerCrocGod

So 1Mb goes from €25 to €24.99, amazing savings to be had!

bk

Mistmyr wrote:

Well if the upgrade to 10meg happens here in the new year i hope it runs easier then its going in the UK forums over there are full of folk bitching about firmare upgrade to modems and major probs with the oder style of hardware they have there

Well one of the major problems in the UK, is that there is a large variety of different modems used and some of the older models aren't capable of the higher speeds.

Because cable BB was delayed so long here, most of us have the same, newer model that don't have problems, I believe people who have had cable BB since 2000 have already had their modems replaced withthe newer models in anticipation of the upgrade.

We did get the 10mb upgrade for one night and for the most part it worked well, even with many people trying to download the entire internet I'm sure their will be network problems for the first few weeks as it adjusts, but it will be fine in the long term.

bk

It is interesting to note that these prices now almost exactly match Chorus. So it looks like they are getting ready to merge, I hope they still give us the 10mb upgrade.

CyberGhost

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

So 1Mb goes from €25 to €24.99, amazing savings to be had!

hahaha just noticed that, what an amazing saving!


and I agree with halenger, who cares about price drops if we can't get the broadband?

paulm17781

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

So 1Mb goes from €25 to €24.99, amazing savings to be had!

I think that one is more to do with having all the prices end in .99. Which I don't see the point of.

halenger

paulm17781 wrote:

I think that one is more to do with having all the prices end in .99. Which I don't see the point of.

Blame Dunne Stores. They get to claim that stroke of genius marketing move. People always find a .99 cheaper to look at. They probably could've put it to 25.99 and it would've looked better when advertising - it'd just annoy people who already have it.

LFCFan

nice to see one of the utilities bringing their prices down instead of up. I just hope the 10Meg upgrade still goes ahead.

Infini

Wow we save...... A PENNY!!!:D

KeRbDoG

paulm17781 wrote:

I think that one is more to do with having all the prices end in .99. Which I don't see the point of.

Saving you 12 cents a year. Man, that company cares about its customers

po0k

Flashing the firmware of a supported modem aint exactly rocket science.

Lenny

Mercury_Tilt wrote:

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Am thinking myself dont use the net a fraction of what i used to a few months back

Sponge Bob

5Mbits for €49.99 would appear to be the 'missing' price point

GreeBo

Lenny wrote:

Am thinking myself dont use the net a fraction of what i used to a few months back

Once I got the first 3Mb bill I dropped down to 1Mb, not much difference really, cant do as much "multitasking" but everything else is fine.

asmith

JPA wrote:

I downgraded from 3meg to 2meg. Hardly noticed. Sure downloads take a bit longer but not's really noticeable when these downloads are very large. I very rarely maxed out my bandwidth when I was on 3meg anyway.

But if 3 become 10 and 2 stays at 2 then I'll definitely upgrade.

I did the same when NTL last dropped their prices. The 2MB package is more than adequate for what I need. Still get download speeds in or around 200kbps. The only time I really have to wait for a download (i.e. leave the room and come back in 15/20 minutes) is if I'm downloading a large file (> 500MB).

It's amazing to find a company these days dropping their prices like this. I know it's only a small drop but still, feels weird not being ripped off.

paulm17781

asmith wrote:

It's amazing to find a company these days dropping their prices like this. I know it's only a small drop but still, feels weird not being ripped off.

I completely agree. NTL have a good reputation (for BB products) and they are gaining customers. They didn't have to drop their prices but they did. I wish ESB would behave more like this.

Gangsta

Infini wrote:

Wow we save...... A PENNY!!!:D

A cent actually!

OfflerCrocGod

Judging by the fact that the price changes are happening in January I feel UPC/NTL may not actually be upgrading to 10Mb yet....maybe in a few months time when they have completed all their upgrades and are offering a phone service as well?

paulm17781

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

Judging by the fact that the price changes are happening in January I feel UPC/NTL may not actually be upgrading to 10Mb yet....maybe in a few months time when they have completed all their upgrades and are offering a phone service as well?

You could be right. Don't forget though, last time the speed went up the max package went from €50 to €45. Maybe I'm just getting my hopes up...

Yakuza

Wrong forums I know, but did anyone notice they've put up the price of the tv service? (Again...b'stards!!). So with that extra 50 cents, I am *personally* subsidising 50 of you lot on the 1MB package.

christophicus

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

Judging by the fact that the price changes are happening in January I feel UPC/NTL may not actually be upgrading to 10Mb yet....maybe in a few months time when they have completed all their upgrades and are offering a phone service as well?

I think and hope that you are write.