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Story: North promised broadband cable network

I read through the story about cable services in the north, I can say that NTL does provide cable services in Blackburn (lancashire) which is the north west,but preston,blackpool and parts of manchester comes under Telewest. Telewest offer the similar services to NTL. Also NTL can be used down any BT line,customers can use NTL freedom which can be used down a BT line with an adapter! Also for businesses NTL and cable and wireless and even Telewest provide in-direct access. For more information about NTL freedom visit:freedom.ntl.com and www.telewest.co.uk/business for business use.NOTE: I don't think the cable companies are going to expand any further,cable was compleated in 1991 and I don't think any further expansion is being carried out! which is wrong because cable in the uk and republic of ireland doesn't even cover half of the country! and many people are left with SKY and BT which charge customers a lot of money and SKY offer too many unwanted channels. But as for cable,they offer good value for money services. Also broadband internet is cheaper than BT broadband if you are a cable customer for example, Telewest offer broadband internet for £25 per month if you take at least one other service (tv or phone) otherwise it's £29 per month. BT charge this much at any time! and then if you want BT together option 3 for unlimited uk calls,which comes to £58 then you have to pay for non-geographical calls which will add up to another £60! and if the customer uses sky world family pack thats another £38 per month so if the customer pays quaterly they are going to get a bill for about £400 to £500! But if the customer used Telewest for all services per month for talk unlimited,supreme tv pack and broadband internet it will come to £100-110. There is a discount with the tv and phone package! customers have to pay monthly by cash or monthly by direct debit and if they pay by direct debit they save £2 per month!

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