Page 1 of NTL broadband free Xbox offer & price cuts

New NTL broadband customers can get an Xbox console, Midtown Madness 3 game and Xbox Live Starter Kit for free when they subscribe to the 600kb or 1mb service with Xbox live added on.

Pay the following:

£50 installation fee
£24.99 (for 600kb) or £37.99 (1mb) per month.

I think a surcharge of £2/month applies if you want the Xbox Live service to continue after the free trial they give you.

Minimum contract is one year with this offer.

Existing customers are ineligible but if you know someone who is subscribing, get them to quote your account number when signing up and after they have been paying their bills for three months you will be credited with £30.

Existing customers should also demand the following, which I got today after threatening to cancel - instead of paying £24.99 a month for 600kb, get 750kb for £19.99. In other words, get a faster connection for a fiver less.

From August 1,NTL are increasing their connection speeds but it will be phased in and a representative from the cancellations department told me today that at first, it will ONLY be given to customers who ask.

I`m not sure whether the £5 price cut will apply to everyone or just pushy people like me. :D

Good luck!

This item was edited on Tuesday, 20th July 2004, 00:36

:o Im paying £17.99 for 150kb with NTL!!....I`ll be giving them a call asap...I can also be pushy haha!

these increased speeds....how increased will they be? are they the ones I read about a few months ago (150kb going up to 300kb, 600kb to 750kb and the 1meg up to 1.5?)

EDIT: This is NOT a further increase. Sorry, Robert - I was in a hurry earlier and misread your post.

If you are trying to sign up for the free Xbox offer and the sales person says they know nothing about it, tell them to ask their supervisor and do not let up until they give in. It took me a while to find anyone at NTL who knew about this offer but perseverence will be rewarded.

This item was edited on Tuesday, 20th July 2004, 00:33

where on earth did u see this offer of a FREE xbox when signing up for 1mbit or 600k

I got 1mbit on saturday (as a new customer) and I wasn`t offered this, so after checking their website, it also just says for 39.99 its a 1mbit connection to the net and for xbox, nothing about a free console

Please let me know where you saw this

Many thanks

its here...

:)

oh and the T&C`s....

Quote:
The Xbox Package Offer includes a Xbox console, one Midtown Madness 3 game, and an Xbox Live Starter Kit, comprising a communicator headset and a voucher offering you a 2 month free trial of Xbox LIVE. You must sign up for the Xbox LIVE trial separately and is subject to acceptance of Microsoft`s terms and conditions (see voucher for details). The Xbox Package Offer is only available to customers purchasing ntl`s 600K, 600K with Xbox Live or 1Mb Broadband services for the first time (existing ntl Broadband customers upgrading or downgrading their services are not eligible) and is subject to payment of a one-off £50 broadband installation charge. You must be a UK resident aged 18 or over. Subject to acceptance by ntl. Your Xbox will be supplied within 28 days after connection of service. This Offer is subject to availability and while stocks last. No cash alternative. Offer may be withdrawn for unforeseen events. Your ntl Broadband services are subject to availability and survey. Subject to ntl`s standard terms and conditions, a 12 month minimum contract and payment by direct debit. Ntl reserves the right to charge you for the Xbox Package (£150) if you cancel your contract within the first 12 months from connection. If you take advantage of this offer, you may not subscribe to any other ntl Broadband offer for a minimum of 3 years from taking out this offer. One Offer per household. Offer ends 31 August 2004.

This item was edited on Monday, 19th July 2004, 23:11

Sounds too good to be true! Wonder if I should cancel my pipex connection and go with NTL. I already have a phone line with them so would I have to pay any connection fees?

Can someone also provide me with a contact number so I can enquire about this offer?

Cheers,

G

The fact you have a phone line with NTL is irrelevant, as the broadband is a separate entity all together - you have a direct link from your brown box outside your house to the pipe - it`s not via the phone line.

The XBox deal is all well andgood, but you have to pay for installation at £50, so they recoup their money that way.

On the speed increases, NTL have said that 150K/600K/1MB increase from 1st August onwards for existing cable model owners, and a bit later for those with set top box modems as you may need a new box.

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Clayts, Moderator, DVD Reviewer
UK webmaster for Area 450 the independent Sampo/Maxent DVD site

Please sign up here to get the FX289 channel on NTL/Telewest for old repeats of NYPD Blue and X Files - thanks !

New sales number is 0800 183 0123 by the way, as on the page linked to above :D
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Clayts, Moderator, DVD Reviewer
UK webmaster for Area 450 the independent Sampo/Maxent DVD site

Please sign up here to get the FX289 channel on NTL/Telewest for old repeats of NYPD Blue and X Files - thanks !

Do you have to be in a cabled area to take advantage of this or do they use the normal BT line?

You need to be in an NTL cabled area - as mentioned in my post above, NTL broadband does not use phone lines, it uses independent fibre-optic cable.

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Clayts, Moderator, DVD Reviewer
UK webmaster for Area 450 the independent Sampo/Maxent DVD site

Please sign up here to get the FX289 channel on NTL/Telewest for old repeats of NYPD Blue and X Files - thanks !