I have NTL because it's simpler with phone and TV together, because I don't want an ugly black dish on the side of my house (the damn things are actually some kind of chav status symbol in the corner of Hemel where I live
) and, if my STB is ever b0rked, NTL will replace it free of charge no matter how old it is. Fry your $ky box after 12 months and a day and it's off to Comet to buy yourself a new one.