NTL Vents Anger Over BB Definition
Posted: 21st May, 2003 By: MarkJ
Having only just been slapped by the ASA for continuing to label its 150Kbps service as broadband, the UKs largest cable operator, NTL, has slammed its rivals for helping to confuse the industry regarding such definitions:
Alex Blowers, director of regulatory affairs at NTL, claimed in a speech at a Westminster Media Forum event in London that this infighting over definitions was damaging for the whole industry, and deterred some users from upgrading to broadband.
Blowers also suggested that some of the companies who were most keen to rubbish NTL's 128Kbps service (which was recently increased to 150Kbps) were acting largely out of self-interest, and just wanted to have the base point for broadband set "at the speed of their own entry-level product."
"If you don't like the fact that we're taking customers away from you with our 128Kbps and now our 150Kbps services, then you should start providing your own services at these speeds," Blowers told the audience, which included representatives from most of the major UK ISPs. "We need to stop this dirty war," Blowers insisted.
NTL does have a point, at present nobody can be 100% sure of the correct definition. More @ ZDNet.
Alex Blowers, director of regulatory affairs at NTL, claimed in a speech at a Westminster Media Forum event in London that this infighting over definitions was damaging for the whole industry, and deterred some users from upgrading to broadband.
Blowers also suggested that some of the companies who were most keen to rubbish NTL's 128Kbps service (which was recently increased to 150Kbps) were acting largely out of self-interest, and just wanted to have the base point for broadband set "at the speed of their own entry-level product."
"If you don't like the fact that we're taking customers away from you with our 128Kbps and now our 150Kbps services, then you should start providing your own services at these speeds," Blowers told the audience, which included representatives from most of the major UK ISPs. "We need to stop this dirty war," Blowers insisted.
NTL does have a point, at present nobody can be 100% sure of the correct definition. More @ ZDNet.
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