Thanks Daniel and pringlex - great job.
Telewest has announced the launch of its 1Mbps broadband internet service following successful trials in Scotland. The service has been launched at £35 per month if customers have another Telewest service, or £39.99 per month if it is a standalone service.
That price is £10 on top of Blueyonder"s 512kbps service, and interestingly is significantly lower than the £49.99 per month charged by Britain"s biggest cable operator, ntl:home, for their 1Mbps service.
Existing blueyonder customers can upgrade on the ISP"s website; for new customers, the installation charge is a standard £50. One additional benefit of the 1Mbps service is a freephone technical support line.
David Hobday, sales and marketing director at Telewest Broadband, said: "1Mb
is like viagra for your PC, providing a mind-blowing internet experience that other service providers simply can"t keep up with. For the first year, it also works out nearly £140 less than BT"s speediest home ADSL service, which is only half as fast."
"BT has previously questioned consumers" interest in going faster, but it"s their only response when they can"t get out of first gear themselves. Our standard 512kbs blueyonder service now has over 169,000 customers and will continue to be our most popular broadband choice but, with 1Mb, we"ve also got one foot on the accelerator."
On a personal note- i know i will be signing up for the extra burst of speed; even at the advertised speed of 512k for the lesser version you can normally hit speeds of upto 63k.