NTL Good or Bad!

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Tonight I had a member of NTL's sales team on the phone slagging off BT and telling me how wonderful NTL is, as a compared package :rolleyes:
So what I have to ask: Does anyone on here use NTL and if so how good are they? i.e customer support etc. Can their top box be tampered with to receive the full $ky package :D OR should I stick to BT.......I wait with interest to read your post's :cool: O-Ha ;) O-no :D :confused :-ohmy :( :mad: :-righton U-zzz :-cheers
 

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Have a look on Modshack WR, what I would say though is the quality of picture is not as good as Sky and the service continuity is not totally reliable, at least not down in my area.
 

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Do you have the link for modshack Rolfw?.......I have heard that people get problems with the NTL services, trouble is if I switch over to them they want me to sign a years contract!.........HOLY MOLY the Czechs have just scored again :D......looks like Germany will be getting a Lufthansa flight home soon :D
 

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I saw a couple of posts somewhere where they were referred to as NT Hell but don't have any experience of them myself. I think maybe they were referring to the broadband service. I don't like cable TV because it's a bit too restricted to what they want to offer.
 

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@ Jimbo well the they have the option of a top box which the full $ky package can be subscribed to.........as with cable TV I think it is hackerble :D just need some info before I make a decision
 

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I may be wrong, but I believe the Modshack link is in Nobbly's. ;)
 

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Cheers Rolfw I shall endeaver to take a peak m8 :)
 

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Hello WR

I don't have any experience of NTL as a cable supplier, but have as a DialUP ISP/Telephone supplier.

I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole in that connection.

V/poor Customer Service.

Constant Disconnections.

Weeks on end without a full service.

In the end I gave up with them.

Regards

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w hole said:
Hello WR

I don't have any experience of NTL as a cable supplier, but have as a DialUP ISP/Telephone supplier.

I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole in that connection.

V/poor Customer Service.

Constant Disconnections.

Weeks on end without a full service.

In the end I gave up with them.

Regards

W. Hole

So the recent BT ads were true then! thanks for the advice.....I will take notice ;)
 

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after having the tv package along with the phone and bb have to say find another way, the tv package works more expensive than sky and you get alot of lock-up but then i get that with my bb aswell :( and i never use the phone and yet my phone bill goes up every month...But im lazy and 2 years down the line still using them :( must be mad
 

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Thanks Johny Vegas....... I think you have just driven the last nail into the coffin m8!
 
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