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right NTL ... sling your hook

  • 04-09-2003 12:53pm
    #1
    shabbyroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭


    finally did it and called NTL this morning to cancel my subscription with immediate effect

    Someone will be 'round within the next 10 days to disconnect the external cable.

    I wonder will they use the same calendar for disconnection as they do for all their other activities :rolleyes:

    When asked for the reason why I was no longer subscribing I gave them three :
    1. poor signal quality
    2. I have Sky Digital
    3. they promised broadband when I connected 3 years ago and there's not a sniff of it and I don't like being lied to

    Rupert Murdoch 1 - 0 NTL

    (my FTV card is still giving me Channel 4... but for how long ? I couldn't justify the NTL subscription for a single channel that will hopefully come onto the Sky platform soon enough.... it's only TV after all)

    Fiver says I'll be replying in a few weeks time that they didn't disconnect and I'm trying to stop their direct debits and get a refund....


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  • #2
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,829 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Thread moved to the Cable and MMDS forum.


  • #3
    shabbyroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭shabbyroad


    whooops. Sorry about that.
    :o


  • #4
    celticfc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,884 Mod ✭✭✭✭celticfc


    Originally posted by icdg
    Thread moved to the Cable and MMDS forum.

    R u sure?


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,367 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    In the end I had to ring up as I was still getting bills..

    But when I rang - it was down in the computer that I had cancelled previously.

    So if you are lucky you might get some free TV for a while...


  • #6
    dmeehan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,457 ✭✭✭dmeehan


    Originally posted by celticfc
    R u sure?

    maybe ntl are comming around in the next 10 days to move the thread:D


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  • #7
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    Its between two stools, but ICDG is right on this one. This thread is more about NTL's failings than Sky's goodness.


  • #8
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Originally posted by dmeehan
    maybe ntl are comming around in the next 10 days to move the thread:D

    I vote that the post of the month!


  • #9
    colinsky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 189 ✭✭colinsky


    When asked for the reason why I was no longer subscribing I gave them three :
    ...
    2. I have Sky Digital

    Rupert Murdoch 1 - 0 NTL
    Murdoch part-owns NTL as well as Sky.


  • #10
    celticfc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,884 Mod ✭✭✭✭celticfc


    Originally posted by colinsky
    Murdoch part-owns NTL as well as Sky.

    2 - 0 Murdoch so. :D but are you sure??


  • #11
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    Originally posted by colinsky
    Murdoch part-owns NTL as well as Sky.

    Er... no.


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  • #12
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,829 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Indeed NTL is now mainly owned by its bondholders after it went into Chapter 11 last year. Murdoch and Sky have nothing other than a commercial relationship with the company.


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