Talk:NTL

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I can only second the "crappy company" opinion. They will only allow the account holder to cancel an account and then only by phone or snail mail between the hours of 9:00 and 18:00 hours. Furthermore, I was originally told that the account could be cancelled up to 22:00 hours. This meant that I was on the line for a considerable length of time listening to the rubbish the automated service spouts and I achieved nothing. The merge with UPC has achieved nothing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Remou (talk • contribs) 19:46, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

NTL#Present day was recently changed to say:

There are also rumours of a takeover bid/ merger offer with rival Telewest, possibly as early as H1 2005.

What does H1 mean? Does it mean the first half of? I have changed it to say, "possibly in early 2005." Tim Ivorson 10:59, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I guess so, but I've never seen it used before. I see "Q1", etc. all the time, meaning quarter one, so H1 is a logical expansion of the concept, but as I say, I've never seen it before. - Vague | Rant 10:22, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)

MERGE IT!!! come on,

"This was after having spent in excess of 100 million on network infrasctructure, and not turning any profits." I'm almost definite this is wrong, afaik NTL Ireland has generally posted good profits, but the profits were used to subsidise losses in the UK. I'll check up on it :) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/13/ntl_sale_rumours/ http://www.enn.ie/news.html?code=9381446 http://www.enn.ie/send.html?code=9574708 I'm sure I can find more :-)

Am I correct in understanding that NTL may be leaving in Dublin market? About bloody time. They are the single most incompetent service provider I have ever come across. They once billed me €800 for one month's service, then credited my account €1100, then billed me €4, then wrote a threatening letter telling me I owed them €1000! A work colleague was cut off for not paying a bill. He always paid it and didn't owe them a penny. Two work colleagues have got it free for 3 years. Being honest they called to tell them that they were getting the service for free. They were told they were lying, they couldn't be getting it for free. The person taking their call then hung up! Another found that NTL had simultaneously ran two accounts on the one supply!!! And they then had the gall to threaten to sue him for their mistake and insist he must pay for his service twice, then finally admitted (after legal threats) that they were in the wrong but told him the only way to shut down the second phoney account NTL had accidentally opened was by cutting off both accounts. It then took them 6 weeks to reconnect him. My ex-flatmate and I both had to threaten to sue them over another cock-up when they threatened to hold us liable for a mistake that was 100% their doing. They cut off the wrong supply to the wrong address (twice) when someone else I know was leaving a house and was closing their account. Simultaneously they credited his account €200 for no reason. You only have to mention the name NTL to someone in a pub to be bombarded with "wait 'til you hear what they did to me!" stories from everyone around you. I doubt if there is a company on the planet more utterly mindbogglingly incompetent. Nothing Laurel and Hardy ever did was a patch on NTL in Dublin. Good riddance to a crap company.

FearÉIREANNImage:Ireland coa.png\(caint) 03:36, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

They left the Irish market MONTHS ago, Jim. Sold to the company that owns Chorus. Who are no better, btw. The NTL name is just on Dublin/Cork/Waterford divisions as a hang over, until they rebrand them consinstantly (and probably not as Chorus) --Kiand 03:45, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
Living in the second area in Ireland to get NTL(knocklyon), I've used them 4 years now(and participated in their newsgroups, and ntl related forums ever since). While I've heard of cock-ups, it wasnt as frequent as your opinion implies.
But they do have famously bad customer service.
P.S., They were sold to Morgan Stanley Holdings, who are holding them for UGCEurope, awaiting competition authority go ahead. Also, UGC and Liberty Media recently merged, forming LGI. NTL Ireland is still maintaining its infrastructure/other links with NTL UK atm.--Bastion 15:34, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Do we really need a list of the TV channels available on NTL TV?--Tolien 22:55, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

No, if needs be create a seperate article. --Bastion 00:57, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NTL & Telewest have Merged

On 3 March 2006, NTL and Telewest announced they had completed their corporate merger. So, it might be worth considering merging the two pages. This will not have any immediate effect on services - both the Telewest and NTL brands will continue for the time being. --Thebrid 19:47, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ntl in lowercase

Its not NTL its ntl. Can people understand this? Look at any official literature.

Only in marketing speak. They use NTL Incorporated and NTL in documents aimed at investors see

--Cavrdg 18:55, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

The ntl brand guide does specifically state that ntl should always be lower case. Shiroi Hane 00:59, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Will Wikipedia allow for use of ntl (in the title / page name I meam)? Plus somebody should tell 'ntl' that NTL is an abbreviation ;) --Streaky 16:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
The NTL bumf would tell you that NTL isn't an abbreviation any more, just as BA and BT now insist that's their name and not an abbreviation for the name. Cobblers, obviously, but that's what they would say.
I don't think we need to use 'ntl', since 'NTL' is the way all newspapers, press releases, investor statements etc. report them. After all, Coca Cola's brand guide would instruct everyone to use swirly writing for their name, but you aren't likely to get a newspaper doing that and Wikipedia certainly wouldn't. There is already a large image on the right showing their bespoke font and pretentious use of lower-case lettering. Kayman1uk 15:58, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

ntl has already been renamed to virgin media, look at [1]. Amlder20 09:48, 8 February 2007 (UTC)