| | PRN Wire: Only ntlworld Poses A Real Threat To The UK Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | But according to a new brief by Forrester Research B.V. (Nadsaq: FORR), broadband will turn local challenger ntlworld into a worthy opponent, while the rest of the players will just try to hang on. |
 | | "By charging consumers a low-entry broadband access price of £17.99, ntlworld has ensured that 60 percent of its 1.7 million Net subscribers use broadband, and it has reduced annual churn from 25 percent to 13 percent. |
 | | Also, its subscribers' average 14-minute online session is less than half the 35 minutes spent by users of the US players and ntlworld, Forrester believes that Freeserve.com should focus on maintaining its narrowband users -- 24 percent of the UK narrowband market -- and compete by launching functional services like property finding. |
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