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When to switch?
Hi all, my contract with Plusnet ends on Jan 2024 and is currently £24 a month. Shell (and similar) are offering Black Friday deals at a similar monthly cost but include vouchers of up to £100, bringing the equivalent cost to £16-18 a month. I’ve checked and I can sign up now for a switch in January, I know it’s crystal…
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Got Virgin Media 360 Box and don't need or want it but got 1000Mbs internet.
I get my broadband from Virgin Media and got a phone call from them the other day about "upgrading" my account (they want more money) After a while I ended up with 1000Mbs internet and a new router, I suppose I need a new router for 1000Mbs and a 360 box which I thought was just a way of accessing online content, similar…
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Exceptions for porting to fibre
Having been notified (in a weaselly fashion) of a second price increase this year from NOW Broadband, I wanted to switch and retain our existing phone number, which we have had for 36 years, but find that * Sky tell me I can't transfer from NOW to them - annoying, but not totally surprising. * Vodafone processed my order…
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Poor speed clause for contract?
I've been having issues with phone line loss of phone service and extremely slow broadband Openreach have "fixed" the problem I have dialtone now and BB has improved but its still only half the speed I had before the problems on the line started Do I have any recourse with Shell Energy to terminate the contract early for…
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BT Contract ending soon - Vodafone, Plusnet or Zen?
Hello, My BT contract (500Mbps) is coming to an end and looking to switch providers. Highly tempted by the Vodafone Full Fibre 900 package which is currently available at £36 via Topcashback. Whilst I don't anticipate needing to speak to customer services and understanding the IT side of things, I was wondering if anyone…
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Wifi black spots in student rental
My daughter is renting a house with other students and the broadband is paid via a set monthly fee of £20 per week each to the agency which covers all utilities, including broadband. Her bedroom is in the basement and the wifi doesn't reach it. Virgin said it will require a mesh system but won't provide this as it's up to…
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Anyone using a TalkMobile SIM for Wireless Broadband?
I'm planning on switching from NOW cable to a 4G/5G SIM router. Have tested several SIMs, of which the TalkMobile one is the fastest (and significantly faster than my current cable). Problem is, to gain access to your TalkMobile account requires a one-time passcode getting sent to the mobile number of the SIM - which is…
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Broadband provider keeps charging me even after moving out
Hi all I need some help as my ex broadband provider is charging me still even though I moved out 3 months ago. The bill now stands at£183.71. Even though I completed a moving out form and have spoken to them last month and told them I’m no longer there so how can they keep charging me for a place I don’t live ??. They seem…
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BT agreed a package verbally but the bill is higher
I rang BT on 14th October as our contract was expiring. They agreed to BB, phone and TV (including BT Sport/TNT) for £31.99/month. I was very happy (and surprised!) until the bill turned up today and they have added on £18.75 for BT Sport/TV. I called them immediately, they listened to the recording but said that the BT…
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Termination fee
Hi, maybe someone here knows the answer. So Im moving house and Im within contract with Onestream broadband till March . Im aware there would be termination fee (£113 ) cost of my broadband til March is £76 , so I said when I phoned them I would be just paying my bill till March since its less. Ive been told I cant to that…
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Hyperoptic - delayed activation
Having a terrible time with Hyperoptic - I ordered broadband to start mid Oct which should have been plug and play as the property previously had Hyperoptic internet years earlier. On the start date it did not work at all and after some troubleshoooting, they stated they had to visit the property for the next step - with…
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Talk Talk Openreach
I was getting very very low download speed (consistantly 0.07mps when it used to be 3-4mbs) for 12mths. I checked the wiring and changed the filter but nothing changed. I raised a case in Aug 22 Talk Talk asked me to send in some readings which I did. They asked if I wanted an engineer then but I didn't want to call an…
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Full fibre just became available for my street, looking at my options. (Sky, Plusnet, others?)
This has come just in time for 'Black Friday' offers (which are often just 'November' offers it seems) I'm currently with Sky on their FTTC package, out of minimum term. We were on the lower tier back when they had two (36mbps and 72mbps), when they did away with tiers and put everyone on the same (72mbps) we were told for…
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Setting up new Broadband after relative passed away
Hi, early stages of investigating this at the moment - Family member recently passed so sorting out affairs. Their home is not being sold yet as in the ownershiop of next of kin, so want to keep utilities and services running for now. They were subscribed to a Sky phone, broadband and TV package (as some expense... but…
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Starlink
My current Sky internet is very rubbish although they say up to 67 MBS realistically it is in 37 -40 range which is not much issue in normal day but every so often the speed drops to low 20 and that is when problem start. I now do lot of work from home zoom/Teams and was looking for a reliable internet. What are people…
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Out of contract and only have one ISP
I have been out of contract for several months but didn't realize it till now.I am in rural North Wales and we do not have fiber of any flavor. We have ADSL, but not ADSL2 and it isn't really reliable. On a very good day (never a full week) we can get between 2 - 2.5 mbps,but mostly it is between 1,0 - 1.75mbps. I have…
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Should I continue with Virgin
My Virgin contract ends in four days, they've offered me £59 for internet and channels. Can I get this or just internet cheaper elsewhere? Can I block payment with bank as I told the girl over phone if it's end of contract? I have a phone with o2, alongside Virgin, I guess I'll need to cancel that separately.
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BROADBAND
Ir recently struck me that staying loyal to a broadband provider is expensive. You start at a (comparitively) low rate and each year they hike it by inflation plus. By switching you reset to a lower figure which then increases by inflation plus. That means the loyal customer has his price increased on the previous years…
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Paying for FTTP install
Hi, im trying to find some help with getting FTTP installed. I live in a cup-de-sac where every other house can get FTTP through virgin media or a selection of other providers from a line installed by city fibre. My house sits back from the road and both virgin and city fibre have deemed it uneconomical to connect to my…
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Broadband repairs - am I being unreasonable?
Hello I had a broadband installation in the summer which seemed to be done as a rushed job. They refused to install the equipment in a discreet part of the room, slapping a large router and the wiring to the middle of the wall in the middle of the room, and told me it wasn’t possible to put anywhere else. At the same time…
