Broadband. Who's the Cheapest? Article Discussion Area

haveagoade

Ntl 2mb unlimited for £9.99........thats the cheapest!

BexTech

Before TalkTalk broadband was free, it was a dire service even when up and running, I escaped after 3 months as it was next to useless and I was paying for broadband, poor speeds as in downloads at 0.5k/s, ropey email, news server fell over loads of times that now they haven't even bothered getting it up and running.

TalkTalk broadband was an awful service when you were paying for it, it's only got worse now they pretend to give it away.

theloft

haveagoade wrote:

Ntl 2mb unlimited for £9.99........thats the cheapest!

Only if you have cable in your area though ! Primus still compares favourably at £10 for 1Mb with free evening and weekend calls. If you are not desperate for speed it is the best deal around!

Jo4

theloft wrote:

Only if you have cable in your area though ! Primus still compares favourably at £10 for 1Mb with free evening and weekend calls. If you are not desperate for speed it is the best deal around!

Do you keep your BT line?

BexTech

Jo4 wrote:

Do you keep your BT line?

With Primus, you do indeed keep the landline with BT, however you need to have your calls automatically routed through their system, which isn't a bad choice at all.

Pay BT £11/ month and get free caller display.

Pay Primus £0 per month for their phone service and get free evening and weekend calls.

Pay Primus £10 per month and get their broadband, to get Primus broadband you need at least the above free option.

As your line rental remains with BT, you can still use BT for calls as well as other operators such as 1899 and 18185.

Jo4

BexTech wrote:

With Primus, you do indeed keep the landline with BT, however you need to have your calls automatically routed through their system, which isn't a bad choice at all.

Pay BT £11/ month and get free caller display.

Pay Primus £0 per month for their phone service and get free evening and weekend calls.

Pay Primus £10 per month and get their broadband, to get Primus broadband you need at least the above free option.

As your line rental remains with BT, you can still use BT for calls as well as other operators such as 1899 and 18185.

Am I correct in thinking that you would only need 1899 during the day as you could use Primus at evenings and weekends and still use 18185 for calling mobiles?

BexTech

Jo4 wrote:

Am I correct in thinking that you would only need 1899 during the day as you could use Primus at evenings and weekends and still use 18185 for calling mobiles?

That is correct, yes.

Jo4

BexTech wrote:

That is correct, yes.

I was considering signing up to madasafish but now I think this is a better offer. How long does it take to sign up to this company and how long before I would be on broadband? Does is company offer good customer service? I never noticed Martin recommending this provider, I wonder why, perhaps I missed his recommendation?

theloft

Jo4 wrote:

Do you keep your BT line?

YES ! - And Primus do not prevent you from using a Pre-Select Carrier, so you can still use 1899, 18185 etc. for cheaper calls during the day. During the evenings and w/ends all calls to 01 & 02 numbers are free. Obviously any overseas calls you revert to your chosen PSC.
P.S. Sorry, I did not realise that BexTech had already answered your queries!
the only delay is BT accepting the swap-over for the call charges. The free connection took in total about 4 weeks and the free modem arrived promptly before the connection date.

Jo4

theloft wrote:

YES ! - And Primus do not prevent you from using a Pre-Select Carrier, so you can still use 1899, 18185 etc. for cheaper calls during the day. During the evenings and w/ends all calls to 01 & 02 numbers are free. Obviously any overseas calls you revert to your chosen PSC.
P.S. Sorry, I did not realise that BexTech had already answered your queries!
the only delay is BT accepting the swap-over for the call charges. The free connection took in total about 4 weeks and the free modem arrived promptly before the connection date.

Is there a direct link to this offer?