Post Office Phone

fray_bentos_3

Riki, thanks for your reply. I was concerned that other broadband suppliers wouldn't be able to enable broadband on the line if Post Office were providing it, but your answer and that from PO (just called them) shows that you could have BB from anyone.
Unfortunately the house i've moved to has had the phone line properly disconnected and so would be £107 to get it re-enabled.

Chap I spoke to was great though, friendly and obviously knew what he was talking about - just a shame the cost of getting it reconnected is so much or I'd have definitely gone with them.

Riki_2

fray_bentos wrote: »

Riki, thanks for your reply. I was concerned that other broadband suppliers wouldn't be able to enable broadband on the line if Post Office were providing it, but your answer and that from PO (just called them) shows that you could have BB from anyone.
Unfortunately the house i've moved to has had the phone line properly disconnected and so would be £107 to get it re-enabled.

Chap I spoke to was great though, friendly and obviously knew what he was talking about - just a shame the cost of getting it reconnected is so much or I'd have definitely gone with them.

So are you saying that you don't have a BT telephone line? How are you then getting BB? BTW, the telephone line is still owned and maintained by BT whether you are with the PO or any other provider.

utilitybroker

18185 can be used on P O Homephone at the present time.

colprimus

Quentin wrote: »

Post office charge the same no matter how you pay.


Current monthly charge is £10.72, and includes all evening/weekend calls as well as the free w/e calls to mobiles and the 20 international destinations.

They do refer a friend (£10 credit to both parties) and calls are free 24/7 to other post office phone users.

Or if you don't know anyone on it to get referred by, there's currently £9.25 cashback at quidco.

Beg to differ but if you pay by DD then your line rental is £9.99 pm with the post office, thats what I pay and if you are with the post office perhaps you should call them and claim a saving you're missing out on

colprimus

fray_bentos wrote: »

Just looked at the Post Office and it looks really good. Can you have broadband from someone else on a post office phone line? I get free broadband with orange and i'd like to keep that but the free mobile calls at the weekend and no contract seem excellent.

you can use any broadband provider you want:j

billsavings

colprimus wrote: »

Beg to differ but if you pay by DD then your line rental is £9.99 pm with the post office, thats what I pay and if you are with the post office perhaps you should call them and claim a saving you're missing out on

Its now £10.72 a month whatever form of payment you choose.

See: http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/po/content1?catId=19300217&mediaId=19800178

jhp

colprimus wrote: »

you can use any broadband provider you want:j

You could not have Free Orange Broadband as Orange insist you have a proper BT Line and cps your calls to them.

Riki_2

competitionscafe wrote: »

Yep, PO homephone is great. Only needed to contact customer service once (to activate free answerphone service) and they were very friendly and helpful, think the call centre is in Northen Ireland? Best thing about it is only 1 month notice not the horrible 12 month rolling contract or 18 month minimum contract BT nonsense.

According to PO's Home Phone Terms and Conditions you only have to give them 15 days notice to cancel. Where did you read 1 month?

Riki_2

Is anybody out there having problems with PO's website? Some features don't work.

Quentin

colprimus wrote: »

Beg to differ but if you pay by DD then your line rental is £9.99 pm with the post office, thats what I pay and if you are with the post office perhaps you should call them and claim a saving you're missing out on

Beggars are a nuisance, and following your advice would just waste everyone's time!

And you are wrong - on more than one count!

Paying by DD doesn't give you any different price for your line rental than paying by any other means.

And the charge is currently £10.72 each month. (To give you chapter and verse, they have never charged the £9.99 you say you pay now - the last change (apart from the VAT alteration in Dec 2008) was on 08/09/08 when the DD discount was abolished (and the free w/e calls to mobiles/international numbers was included). Prior to that DD customers got £1 off, making their payment £9.95/month. From last September the charge for everyone has been £10.95 (till the VAT change made it £10.72).