There was me thinking NTL were going seriously tits up - I have the local NTL offices and exchange 1/4 of a mile from my house and would they sell me cable? Would they nuffink!

Not much to ask - a 1Meg pipe would be nice + cable modem + cheap calls + cable TV.

Instead I have Sky satellite and a phone line which sometimes gets me a 50k connection, if there isn't too much noise.

One of the things the US seems to do better is high speed connectivity. I guess we got decent GSM so what more do we want?