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BT have cancelled my Primus account
I have just signed up with BT for their More Broadband and Calls package. I am currently with Plusnet, and use Primus and 18185 for most calls, but line rental is with BT. When I signed up online, a message appeared asking me to agree that all my calls would be transferred back to BT. I was a little puzzled by this, but…
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MSE News: Primus Saver launches cheapest-ever landline rental deal
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Households will pay £6.79 a month if they sign-up via comparison site Homephone Choices by 4 April ..." Read the full story: Primus Saver launches cheapest-ever landline rental deal
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BT to Virgin Media phone sockett question
Hi, we've thinking of getting a Virgin Media package including phone/cable and broadband. What does this involve in terms of changing the phone lines to Virgin from BT? Do we have to change the socketts? Would this be in the flat? We currently rent and i wonder if this could be a problem? thanks
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thinking of changing phone from BT to Orange
.... mainly so I can get a good deal on their broadband. If at a future date I want to come back to BT for my phone, do BT charge for the privilege ? eg a reconnect fee?
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Skype vs Override Providers
Hi, Can anyone tell me which works out better? Skype or the override providers..? I currently use an override # to call mobiles which makes the price 7p/min but with skype it'd be 1.6p/min, right? I understand with calling landlines the override # would only cost 5p/call, which seems good. Overall, however, Skype seems the…
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I can't believe this.
Hi, I have my TV, broadband and phone with Virgin Media. My billing is paperless and is paid each month by DD. Due to a recent death in the family my phone bill was unusually high. On Friday evening of last week I received a call from Virgin. After going through the usual security checks I was informed that my phone bill…
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Have BT announced the April price rises yet?
I believe you paper-billers have been told of the price rise. Has anybody on PAPERLESS been advised yet? (whether by post or online ) I'm sure I haven't had any notification. Thanks.
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BT phone bill advice/help.
Just looking for some advice regarding our bill to us it seems a little high. First thing we do realise is that it is costing us more by not paying via direct debit. But I dont know whats happened to the calling features, i called up a couple of months ago to cancel the premium rate number lock which we had in place from…
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Best for phone and broadband?
Hi all, i thought i was under contract with BT for line rental and their anytime plan, but i called them and it turns out that i am not under contract :T! So,currently i pay £26 p/m to BT for line rental and their anytime plan. And i pay £15 to tiscali for Broadband. BT have just quoted me £29.60 a month for line rental,…
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BT - yet again, a problem grrrr
I moved house in October. Took BT 2 months to sort out my phone and broadband switchover. My contract for BB finishes next month, so rang to check the exact date, and to see what offers they might provide. Imagine my consternation to discover that in moving they have signed me up onto a 12 month contract for the land line…
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Cordless Phone with Answering Machine
Hi there Due to shift work I am looking for a cordless phone that allows the ringer to be muted and where the answering machine does not have an audible message alert. Basically silent allowing for unbroken zzzzzzz's ! Any recomendations ? Thanks
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Homephone and broadband - Virgin are messing us about!
We have two phone lines into our house. One is our home phone with BT and the other our business line with Virgin. We also get broadband with Virgin. To cut a long story short, Virgin have messed us about resulting in me losing broadband connection. I didn't have time to sort it so had to use a dongle for mobile broadband…
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Talk talk nightmare
I contacted Talk Talk in November cancelling my broadband & phone package. Had email confirmation along with my PAC code. Duly swapped over to Plusnet and thought everything was ok. Heard nothing further from Talk Talk nor received any bills. Cancelled my direct debit to them in January as my new account with Plusnet…
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Ofcom Proposing To Ban Auto Renewal Landline Contracts.
"Automatically renewable contracts that tie consumers with landlines into repeated minimum contract periods unless they opt-out are to be banned under proposals set out by Ofcom today. These contracts, also known as rollover contracts, are currently offered by BT, and several smaller providers, to both residential and…
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Talk Talk - right to cancel
I was contacted by Talk Talk by phone on 23rd Feb and I agreed on the phone to go with one of their packages. However, I didnt receive the full terms and conditions by mail until Wednesday 2nd March. On reading the terms and conditions I wish to cancel. (namely the 'early' cancellation fee of £300 in year1, £125 in year 2…
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Cheapest Line Rental With Anytime Calls
Hello, I am looking for the cheapest line rental and anytime calls to landlines without having to dial one of the over-ride providers. I can get Primus LR at £7.99 but there is no tariff listed for anytime calls. I have no need for broadband on this line. Any help appreciated, thank you.
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Serious Talk Talk Problem. Please help!
This is a brief explanation of the problem I have regarding TT. I was making almost constant weekly calls to Talk Talk, trying to get them to get call waiting, 1571 and 1471 working on my account, (as I was paying for them in my call package) and they could NEVER seem to get them activated at all. Every time I called they…
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Possible to wire a Commtel phone guard to mains?
Hello folks, newbie to the forum but not to attempting to save a few quid :) I have a commtel phone guard which works perfectly well and am very pleased with but it has one minor/major flaw . . . power supply, which is provided by 2 3v button/disc type CR2450 batteries. Obvious flaw is that when the batteries go flat it…
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VM to Sky Talk - number porting?
Hi guys, We gave out 30 day cancellation notice to Virgin Media the other day because we are changing to Sky. We will be getting sky tv, phone and broadband. We moved into this house 10 years ago and there was a BT line installed. We moved to virgin and kept the same number. Now we are moving to Sky, can we take our number…
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Phone cards
Does anyone know whether there are savings to be made by using phone cards say for UK mobile calls from a UK landline
