Telewest and BT vie for more broadband customers

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Telewest has unveiled a 256k cable service to tempt customers who are wary of switching to broadband. Available in the Spring, the new package, five times faster than standard dial-up, will cost £17.99 (E26) a month when taken with another Telewest Broadband service.

Although it's called a "broadband" service, the 256k package is designed primarily for faster, always-on Web access and email. Telewest would prefer it if punters signing up to the service didn't generate more than 750Mb of data traffic a day. If they do, the cableco will "discuss more suitable service options". Telewest already provides services with speeds up to 512k, 1Mb or 2Mb. Chad Raube, director of Internet services at Telewest Broadband, said the company now has a full range of consumer broadband options. He expects demand from "people who have previously considered broadband a big leap from dial-up. And now getting onto the first rung of the broadband ladder will become a no-brainer".

However BT seem determined to trump all other offers and is stepping in with a £20 (E29) a month offer for a 512kb service.

rolfw

LOL, just what you want, capped broadband.

Having said that, I guess that there must be loads of users who wouldn't even get close to that.

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Im on 1 meg cable broadband (£35 a month) and i pay an extra £10 a month for this as opposed to the 512k service at £25 a month, cheaper if you have another package added like tv or phone.

Ideally i would like to be paying £35 a month for a 2 meg service and i think this would be better value for money. 1 meg i think should be about £25 a month and then i think it should be maybe £17.99 a month for a half meg. how does that sound

True rip off Britain, no wonder we are the 4th largest economy on the world. at least i think its the 4th, its about time they put some of those discounts our way. Hey wow my 300th post