>> with a 400 million pound plan

seems like a lot of waste of paper. Why do they even bother to print documents anymore? ;)

On another note: Satellite TV, internet & cell should all be in one package.

This type of bundled product is nothing new, it's been around for ages.

Internet, Satellite TV and telephone in a great new all in one package!

Ooooh, how original.

by increasing customer loyalty

Yeah they need to - they have quite a high churn.

I hate Murdoch cos of the control he has over many aspects of the UK media and sports coverage in particular - if I had a choice on cable or satellite Mr M would not see ym money....

No one that I know willing pays Mr M - now if it was Mr Branson, then it is a completely differnet ball game... watch for NTL : TELWEST : Virgin coming soon

It has been around for ages in the form of cable however that isnt installed across most of the UK. Bit of a shame really as cable internet will out perform dsl any day of the week.

Its good for sky though and in this case very good for the consumer. The price is fairly reasonable so it should appeal to a large audience.

This wouldn't really be an option for internet gamers as the PING via a satellite connection is quite long compared to normal broadband.

Still a good idea though.

The broadband connection is still standard ADSL via your fixed phone line, not via satellite.

i saw the ads in the papers this morning, double page spread in the times - doubtless elsewhere too.

it looks like a good deal to me, although i wish they wouldn't keep quoting 8meg connections - becuase not all of us have that available to us yet. some people can't even get 2 yet.

roll on even more competition

An interesting development today.

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has removed BT's retail price controls for line rentals and calls, having deciding that competition had finally reached the required intensity 22 years after the former monopoly was privatised.

The watchdog said the changes would come into effect from August 1 adding that BT had agreed to limit increases to its charges for basic line rental product to avoid hitting customers for whom line rental accounts for a large chunk of their phone bill.

"We will now look at how we can simplify our pricing structures and make them more user-friendly," BT retail chief executive Ian Livingston said in a statement.

BT retail price controls removed by regulator [today.reuters.co.uk]

just a quick note if this Sky offer appeals to anyone. I have been with BT Broadband through all it's various guises since 2001.

I was always on the highest/fastest package. In May I set about getting the latest offer of "Up To 8Mb".

I'm sorry I did. My speeds on the 2Mb service were always around 1.8Mb. They reckoned I could get upto 6.5 due to the short distance I live from the exchange - that after 2 months is a pipe dream. Highest it has managed is 3.2. On average it comes in at 2.6.

And the main and worst point is that I'm on a renewed 12 month contract. That is part of the T&C of signing up to have the upgrade. I'm going to attempt to have this reverted due to poor service this week.

I did originally think this looked like an interesting possibility for when my current contract runs out. However, given the fun we had with Sky Customer Service yesterday I now don't think I'll be trusting them with my broadband connection.

Last week we got a letter to say that the direct debit payment (1st one) had been deauthorised. My partner spoke to the bank on Friday and they say the dd had never been set up despite us providing correct details. Okay, these things happen, she sent off a new dd form and paid the current month over the phone.

Yesterday morning we received a nice letter saying everything was hunky-dory and that there were no outstanding payments. Checking the bank account online showed that the payment had indeed been taken and cleared.

Yesterday evening, they cut off our service!

Calling customer service was like talking to a brick wall. As far as they were concerned the payment had been deauthorised and that was that. That their system did not have the latest information did not seem to concern them in the slightest and there was no attempt to reach a resolution over the issue.

Needless to say we are escalating the matter but I don't think I want my broadband connection in their hands. Worse than BT dialup customer service back in the day.