NTL Price Rises from 1 January 2006

SuiDreams

Just looked at the NTL website and we are being subjected to more price rises including a connection charge increase from 5p to 6p per call.

http://www.home.ntl.com/page/customerupdate

Heinz

SuiDreams wrote:

Just looked at the NTL website and we are being subjected to more price rises including a connection charge increase from 5p to 6p per call.

Doesn't sound much but that's a 20% increase!

Coupled with a flat rate 3p/minute for each minute above 60 ........

SuiDreams

And remember the last increase was July, there increases are rather too frequent for my liking

Stuart_W

So what options have us NTL users got, then. It seems to be getting harder! Now 1899 has increased cable access to 0.5p per min from 0p per min, and FirstTelecom have a separate tariff for cable customers (unlike before) there don't seem to be as many competative options that work on a cable line.

Onetel seems to be the best I can find, with free weekend calls or 99p for all off peak calls, and the phonecoop offer 4.7p per call off peak (see here http://www.phone.coop/home_usr/home_usr_tariff.html ) but there are certainly not many to choose from.

fayraz

Stuart_W wrote:

So what options have us NTL users got, then. It seems to be getting harder! Now 1899 has increased cable access to 0.5p per min from 0p per min, and FirstTelecom have a separate tariff for cable customers (unlike before) there don't seem to be as many competative options that work on a cable line.

Onetel seems to be the best I can find, with free weekend calls or 99p for all off peak calls, and the phonecoop offer 4.7p per call off peak (see here http://www.phone.coop/home_usr/home_usr_tariff.html ) but there are certainly not many to choose from.

Switch to BT.

RoyRace

Isn't it time that OFCOM applied more controls over the cable companies? For instance my football club supporters trust set up a directory enquiries service - number is 118 821 40p per call from BT lines but although BT are obliged to let folk on BT lines use it, Telewest (fairly big in this area) aren't and don't!

Spikey_2

Can we as customers do anything together or Martin address this issue in some way that will make a difference...?

Saeed

can you guys not cancel your contracts if the increase is above inflation and move to another service provider

Spikey_2

what are the choices.... I have TV & Tel with them and also now BB?

silvercar

Not so easy to change. My ntl phone line comes into the house, via cable, to the main phone and other sockets feed off that. The BT line (disconnected eons ago) is physically in a different place and doesn't link up (if it is still in one piece).

Stuart_W

fayraz wrote:

Switch to BT.

With a £75 installation fee? I think not.