In reply to a post by Anonymous:

That is the most frustrating part, especially as James stated it would be available within 14 days.

So it ends up being over 2 months late now, in the 80/20 trial thread James said it would be available from them as soon as Openreach launched it.

i thought ADSL24 was going to have some exciting package variations (especially for the higher usage allowances) and also a reduction in the setup fee for new connections and migrations on Monday, no word of them.

People are so bothered about getting up to 80Mb/s, i just would like a couple of extra Megabit without paying a small fortune for it.

i don't want or need this super fast 40 megabit stuff, that people seems to be having problems with anyway.

All pay broadband is having a stall in high town on Saturday, normally I am working when they are in town, this week I am not, maybe it is time to have a good chat with them and see if their wireless broadband would be a good thing to go for, so far I must admit thet price seems a bit over the top.

Yea, I do remember hearing that. But then I thought steps had been taken to resolve that problem, hence my suggestion.

If the problem still exists then naturally it's a rather unworkable idea. grr.

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In reply to a post by orly:

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

larger companies are once again able to drop prices and make a loss on connections,

You think BT are making a loss on their charging model?

Might want to peruse their annual statements where you see BT Retail making more profit year on year.

lol.

BT will not be making a loss as they are the most expensive large supplier, I suppose they are making a loss when they offer it to people cheap for three months, but then they stick you on a long contract, so that makes up for it.


Sky makes their money from TV, Broadband is just a way to keep people, i doubt they are making that much money form £7 a month. Talk Talk no doubt makes most of their money of phone calls.

Sky is definitely not making a loss on it's communications sector though. See http://www.itproportal.com/2011/08/01/sky-broadband-...

They would not have invested in communications if it was believed to be loss making.
In the first year or so I believe communications made a loss but this was whilst a customer base and equipment was installed. It was an expected loss too with a vision that the future would yield a profit.

Edited by ukhardy07 (Wed 30-May-12 03:15:08)