" A piece of the action" so if we take every house holder that has an NTL wire clipped to their home and come to the conclusion that they are all entitled to a piece of the action paying them X amount of money for their hardship endured, who do you think NTL will pass the resulting costs on to? The consumers ie back on to you. (along with Bord Gais/ESB/Water Board etc. all being requested to share a piece of the action) You in turn will then look for a percentage extra in your wages to cover the extra costs for services. The shops will see that everyone is getting a few quid extra and will in turn raise their prices. The economic circle of life countiues to spiral up...
The mains sewerage/drainage/gas/ water could well run under your property are you therefore entitled to a piece of the action?
If I dont want a pipe running under the soil in my back garden can I ring up and say reroute this pipe or give me a cut?
Me installing a cable on an NTL building is a bit out of context, an NTL building for instance with adjoing offices will no doubt also have wires clipped along their soffit, as per the vast majority of offices/retail units on any city street.
Where does it stop though? If everyone woke up tomorrow and said they wanted payment for;
a. NTL cables
b. Eircom Cables
c. Main sewerage
d. Storm water discharge
We could all ring up tomorrow and threaten to cut all services unless a cheque was issued.Where would we be then?
All costs would be eventually pushed back on to the consumer, leading to a new thread on this website complaing about how we are paying too mush for services etc.
Its compo-culture and nothing more. If the cables weren't there you'd be no better or no worse off.
Not on mine - they're underground in our estate thankfully.Ithe NTL cable is already on my house like everyone else's
The house in question is 12 years old.Yes, of course new estates now have them underground
Any underground ducting was in place before the house was purchased.but are you now entitled to have this duct running under your garden?!
And miss what's on telly? No way. Besides - I never suggested that it was OK to threaten to cut cables.Even if its underground; its within your boundary and do you think its alright to threaten to start cutting cables unless payment is made?!
Where does it stop though? If everyone woke up tomorrow and said they wanted payment for;
a. NTL cables
b. Eircom Cables
c. Main sewerage
d. Storm water discharge
We could all ring up tomorrow and threaten to cut all services unless a cheque was issued.Where would we be then?
All costs would be eventually pushed back on to the consumer, leading to a new thread on this website complaing about how we are paying too mush for services etc.
The problem with that is if they call your bluff on c) and d) and tell you 'ok, you can keep those, we'll disconnect the pipes'...........it won't be a pretty sight/smell after a few days.......
The issue I though is with services that cross your property, but that you don't actually use.
Not sure about underground stuff, and I know that the ESB have certain rights over and above standard, but the bottom line is that you're well within your rights to tell NTL to stuff it.
If you don't want the cables there, tell them to remove it or you'll remove it yourself (but give them the cable back!). If you want to chance your arm and ask for payment to enable them to retain it, no harm in asking.
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