NTL Reaches Half A Million Residential Broadband Users

NTL has announced that it now has half a million residential broadband internet customers.

The cable company launched the new 1-Megabit service earlier this year, claiming that a combination of a powerful cable modem and NTL’s fibre optic network make the service twenty times faster than a normal dial-up internet connection (see NTL Unveils UK’s Fastest Internet Service).

Commenting on the success of the service, Barclay Knapp, CEO of NTL, said: “This is a remarkable achievement and is testament to the quality of our broadband services.”

NTL estimates that 60% of the total UK broadband user base have selected high-speed internet via a cable modem. The company also claims that in homes with a choice between NTL Broadband and ADSL, around 80% choose NTL Broadband.

Prime Minister, Tony Blair, recently promised to invest more than £1 billion of Government money in broadband technology in a bid to stimulate internet usage in the UK (see Broadband Britain: A Progress Report).

Despite a relatively slow start, the UK broadband market is growing at a rapid rate and the latest report from communications regulator, Ofcom, shows that more than one million UK households now have a high-speed broadband internet connection (see Broadband Connections Break The One Million Mark).

The figures from telecoms operator show that the amount of broadband connections has doubled over the last six months, with the number of new connections now running at over 20,000 per week.

NTL: 01252 402 000 www.ntl.co.uk

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