NTLs TRUE Broadband User Figures
Posted: 02nd May, 2003 By: MarkJ
Oftels latest redefinition of broadband has thrown an earlier announce from NTL and Telewest, in which both operators claimed a combined total of more than one million broadband subscribers, into doubt.
In short, NTLs 64Kbps and 150Kbps products can no longer be considered broadband because Oftel has redefined it, again, as an always-on service that's faster than 256Kbps:
According to internal figures seen by Vulture Central, NTL has, in total, a shade under 690,000 customers it regards as "broadband" punters.
A smidge over 380,000 (55 per cent) of them are hooked up to the cableco's 128Kbps service. Around 280,000 (40 per cent) use the cableco's 600Kbps service.
Almost 26,000 (four per cent) take NTL's 1Mbps service and a handful (1,800) subscribe to the company's 64Kbps service.
The Register makes a very valid point, yet luckily both cable operators were able to get their announcement in BEFORE Oftel redefined things clever that.
In short, NTLs 64Kbps and 150Kbps products can no longer be considered broadband because Oftel has redefined it, again, as an always-on service that's faster than 256Kbps:
According to internal figures seen by Vulture Central, NTL has, in total, a shade under 690,000 customers it regards as "broadband" punters.
A smidge over 380,000 (55 per cent) of them are hooked up to the cableco's 128Kbps service. Around 280,000 (40 per cent) use the cableco's 600Kbps service.
Almost 26,000 (four per cent) take NTL's 1Mbps service and a handful (1,800) subscribe to the company's 64Kbps service.
The Register makes a very valid point, yet luckily both cable operators were able to get their announcement in BEFORE Oftel redefined things clever that.
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