BT broadband Haggling thread

merchcon55 wrote: »

You can probably save some money if instead of getting Entertainment from BT you get the Entertainment Pack from NOW TV - it wont have every channel offered by BT, but it has the most popular channels. You can easily get 3 month codes on ebay for under a tenner. Similar codes available for KIDS pack around £2 a month.

Plus, you can put NOW TV on multiple TV's in your house - rather than just the one box on BT. So one person can be watching say Comedy Channel, while another watching a Kids channel on another TV.

You can pick up NOW TV boxes for like £15, and they will include a code for 3 months.

I only have BT TV for their basic service - and BT Sport.

haha! me and you on the same page my friend......i was going to add (but didn't think it relevant) that i top this all up with netflix and now tv (i only buy movies and entertainment when they're half price).

You have raised a couple of very interesting points though-

1) i need to compare BT entertainment v Now TV and find out if
what i will lose and if it bothers me!!

2) need to look adding kids bolt on to Now Tv if i scrap BT
entertainment.

3) i'm assuming i'll still get BT sport free if i continue with their
fibre and line rental??

Stompa wrote: »

Having had my landline with them for 20 years, I wanted to add broadband. Currently on:

£18.99 line rental
£4.30 anytime calls

They've offered:

£18.99 line rental
£6.50 anytime calls
£9 u/limited fibre infinity 1 or £5 u/limited ADSL
on a 12 month contract


ps- the reason i'm reluctant to commit to 24 months probably speaks for itself...they are up ther with Npower as possibly the worst company i've ever had the displeasure of dealing with....but they're quite a bit cheaper than the opposition last time i looked.
I mean imagine coming from Sky Fibre to BT Infinity and losing about a a quarter of your speed. About 10 openreach visits and they're still none the wiser!!

I'm not sure what my chances are of haggling that down a bit more?

Very similar to me but obv no TV in your deal.....actually i would probably take your deal as it's 12 months and not 24. Was this a recent offer???

Reason i ask is that they made me an offer last month which was approx £2 more but they say that's gone now and the the agent i spoke to tonight WOULD NOT budge on 24 months.

Stompa wrote: »

Having had my landline with them for 20 years, I wanted to add broadband. Currently on:

£18.99 line rental
£4.30 anytime calls

They've offered:

£18.99 line rental
£6.50 anytime calls
£9 u/limited fibre infinity 1 or £5 u/limited ADSL
on a 12 month contract

I'm not sure what my chances are of haggling that down a bit more?

I was able to do a little better (but on a 24 month contract) - so perhaps a bit more room to haggle: I do not really worry about the 24 month length as odds are they will raise line rental by £1 (over 5%) at some time, which will be higher than RPI, and grounds to break from contract, if another deal were to become available

£18.99 line rental
£ 5.50 anytime calls
£ 6.00 u/limited fibre infinity 1 - we are about 100 metres from the junction box, and get 50-52 Mbps speed at the router as well as at plugged in ethernet boxes. Wireless getting around 30Mbps.

So total of £30.49 per month

The Sky deal via MSE is also pretty good - works out at 18.40 + 8.00 anytime calls + 2.78 (£50 activation fee/18 months) = £29.18 per month.

Note the Sky Fibre speed is shown as 38Mbps - so while a decent enough speed, not quite the same as BT Infinity at 52 Mbps

So the BT deal is slightly dearer, but you also get BT Sports - and if you like Sports, then paying £1.31 extra per month is well worth it.


Overall, having been with BT for a bit over a year now, I find the internet excellent and when I have needed customer service (and while negotiating) found them to be quite good. Maybe lucky, or perhaps on forums like this, people only discuss the bad experiences and not as much the good experiences. Good Luck.

editor1 wrote: »

@ Stompa, it really is a poor deal BT are offering you, you can get Sky Broadband and phone for 12 quid...

Unfortunately my broadband is currently with Sky, so as an existing customer they've refused to do any sort of deal. They've just increased my broadband (not fibre) from £7.50 to £12.50, hence why I want to move it elsewhere.

Colin_Maybe wrote: »

Sky's ADSL is £17.40 (line rental only) so is the £12.50 still a discount price? Wouldn't that mean you're still on a minimum term contract?

My contract with Sky has just ended. I have broadband only with Sky, line rental is with BT.