Nthellworld
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nthellworld was one of the first mainstream independent consumer lobby groups in the United Kingdom, whose main focal point was British ISP and Cable Television company ntl Group. nthellworld.com was created by Frank Whitestone, a University Student, in November 2000 to create a community where people could discuss NTL issues, submit their own views of the company and publicise ntl's failings. Frank Whitestone later joined NTL and sold nthellworld.com to them in the process.
ntl:home, as the consumer division of the NTL is now known, closed nthellworld.com in June 2003. However, in September 2003 after foreseeing the closure of the original nthellworld site by NTL, Neil Crayne launched a new version of nthellworld using the domain nthellworld.co.uk. In February 2004, nthellworld was renamed Cable Forum in preparation for an NTL - Telewest merger and to shift the emphasis of nthellworld in a positive direction. In October 2005, merger plans were confirmed by ntl and Telewest boards.
Dates
- Nov 2000 : nthellworld.com created
- Feb 2003 : nthellworld leaks information regarding a controversial broadband bandwidth cap which provokes a consumer backlash
- Apr 2003 : Frank Whitestone takes job at NTL and sells nthellworld to company
- Jun 2003 : nthellworld.co.uk launched by former administrators
- Oct 2003 : Frank Whitestone quits ntl over treatment, ntl pull nthellworld.com
- Nov 2003 : ntl confirm nthellworld.com closure
- Feb 2004 : nthellworld.co.uk renamed CableForum