Changing from BT to PO Home phone, Line Faults??

pawpurrs wrote:

I didnt realise you couldnt use P O phone to reroute, however as a low user, i am thinking it may still be worth my while as, you get £30.00 for going through quidco and £50 credit for your bill, equating to £80.OO for the period that you have to stay with them, which for the 6 mths you have to be with them, means free line rental, and £20.00 towards calls? My BT bill is £8.00 for calls per month, so if the charges were the same as bt means that 6 mths phone bill would cost me £20.00, making it a good option for me, am I right?

Less then £5 a month seems to be the point at which you gain. You dont get any credit till the 2nd and 3rd bill which could be up to 9 months.

I quote MSE Martin.

"Light Users (If your BT bill is under £5 for calls made)


If you make very few calls, line rental cost is more important than call cost. Join Post Office Home Phone* before the end of March 2006 and it gives £50 credit towards both line rental and call charges. Its calls aren’t cheap, so higher users should ignore this, However for those who are spending less than £5 a month (on a main provider) this is a good deal.


The £50 credit is paid on the 2nd and 3rd bills, which you will receive in the 3rd and 6th months, thus you need have the phone for six months to qualify. Thus you could simply use up the £50 then ditch it and switch to the cheapest calls provider after that."

This is probably not the place to ask but what is quidco?

https://www.quidco.co.uk use them to go though for all internet shopping and utility swaps and they give you cash back, its excellent. if you swap to po home phone you get £30.00

If you move and use 1899, or the like though, wont you still be saving a lot, unless of course they withdraw the right to use that kind of service?