Is tiscali best option?

Mental_Mentor

Hi money savers

Am trying to get a cheaper package for broadband and phone calls. Currently use BT option 4 broadband (£29.99p/m) and BT together Option 1 on the telephone (about £35 p/m). .

Tiscali offering £19.99 all in (will still have to pay BT line rental) but still represents a saving of around £30 per month. Is this too good to be true?

Was looking at HomePhone with Post Office but am told that I can't have BT Broadband with this. Is this true?

USwitch say AOL for broadband and Post Office for phone so am confused now!

Please help!!
Many thanks
Mental Mentor

mr_fishbulb

I thought BT Together Option 1 was only £11 per month?

Mental_Mentor

mr_fishbulb wrote:

I thought BT Together Option 1 was only £11 per month?

Sorry - it is but I included what I currently spend on calls. My teenage son keeps calling his girlfriend's mobile during the night. Last month 44 calls = £17! Should I kick him out?

Cheers

mr_fishbulb

Hahaha £17/month isn't that bad - think what it could have been if it was a teenage daughter!

Do you know what your monthly broadband usage is? Becuase you can get cheaper than £19.99/month if you are a low-usage user.

intel

Im not up on who offers what but I would say stay away from..

AOL
NTL
E7even
Tiscali

Mental_Mentor

mr_fishbulb wrote:

Hahaha £17/month isn't that bad - think what it could have been if it was a teenage daughter!

Do you know what your monthly broadband usage is? Becuase you can get cheaper than £19.99/month if you are a low-usage user.

Think husband may have gone overboard with wanting top-of-the-range broadband so better ask before I reduce this.

Again - teenage son (he lives in the loft) has wireless internet connection and is constantly downloading who knows what - maybe I should ask him but do I want to know?

Thanks anyway :T

cheerfulcat

Mental_Mentor wrote:

Hi money savers

Am trying to get a cheaper package for broadband and phone calls. Currently use BT option 4 broadband (£29.99p/m) and BT together Option 1 on the telephone (about £35 p/m). .

Tiscali offering £19.99 all in (will still have to pay BT line rental) but still represents a saving of around £30 per month. Is this too good to be true?

Tiscali are awful - stay well away!

You can compare providers at ADSLguide; they also have forums where you can read opinions on various ISPs.

HTH

Cheerfulcat

Edinburghlass_2

Have a read of Martin's article on broadband here although being a money saving website this is looking at what is currently the cheapest whereas you say your husband may want a bb supplier which is more top of the range.

Then check out the article on cheapest way to use your home phone here
which recommends you keep BT as your line rental on Option 1 and put your calls through Primus for free evening and w/end calls to 01/02 numbers.

As regards daytime calls use https://www.call1899.co.uk and for the mobile calls one of the cheapest is https://www.call18185.co.uk.

Viz_2

Please don't sign up to Tiscali !
I've been there.

Mental_Mentor

Thanks Money savers for all your help. :T

I contacted BT (in india I think!). They offered me an instant discount of £3 per month on Option 4 - same price as option 3.

The bonus was I didn't pay for the call so got £36 off for the year!

Also, now don't have to change e-mail address.

On to the telephone - thanks Edinburgh lass. Perhaps I won't have to kick out teenage son after all!

:j

candygirl

cheerfulcat wrote:

Tiscali are awful - stay well away!

You can compare providers at ADSLguide; they also have forums where you can read opinions on various ISPs.

HTH

Cheerfulcat

the cutonmer service is absolutely appalling at tiscali!!but to be fair i havent had any probs with the actual broadband itself!!they are so unhelpful though and have even slammed the phoine down on me latety :mad: