O2 and BT - Newbie Question.

pcyuljr

Can someone please clear up this basic query for me that I am having no luck in finding the answer to?

O2 are offering internet at a lowest cost of £7.50 a month. This requires a BT phone line.

So do I also have to pay £10.50 to BT for this line or does it mean i have to have a BT line in the same way ticasli/talk talk say I need a BT line.

If i have to pay BT £10.50 for phone line (just the line, so no freebies) and minimum £7.50 to O2 this equates to at least £18 a month for broadband and just a phone line.

I don't understand why everyone would rave about this deal if I have to pay £18 a month when talk talk are offering the £16.99 deal for same speed broadband with FREE evening and weekend calls (which I wouldn't get paying BT £10.50 a month).

I may be missing some major point. Could somebody please clarify.

Thanks a lot.

Novice.

littleboo

O2 currently have generally a good reputation for their broadband service.

You get inclusive weekend calls from BT for your £10.50, if you take a rolling 12 month contract, this will include evening calls as well.

Woby_Tide

One is talktalk broadband, one is O2, that is the difference

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isp/compare.html?isp_86=1&isp_22=1&commit=Compare

For your £10.50 you can still obtain free evening and weekend calls either via BT or using a CPS like Primus

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=23734

For £1 saving you can have TalkTalk broadband, or pay the £1 and get something decent

spud17

Always pays I think to keep a BT line, this gives you more options if you want to move in the future.
Go with talktalk, want to move and you have to pay to get reconnected to BT.
Save £1/mth now, 12mths time when you want to move it will cost £125 to get back on a BT line.