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theloft

Toxteth_OGrady wrote:

AVOID TISCALI LIKE THE PLAGUE!!
They are probably the worst broadband ISP in the UK. TOG

Have you posted this on "Cheapest Broadband Provider" thread? , 'cos I think you should!!

jsknight100

I know several people who are leaving landlines & just using a mobile phone. I have just switched to 3 & get 500 free minutes a month. I pay £2.99 line (net)rental.

Maggie_Holmes wrote:

I have Ntl cable, I have recently signed up to OneTel for the free weekend and evening calls (free for one year offer) and 18866 for any daytime calls I might need to make. Can I cancel my Ntl cable line I have for the phone (I don't use Ntl cable for anything else) or do I still need it to make outgoing calls and of course to receive incoming calls, because I will save at least £11.00 if thats the case. Also I have caller display will I lose this if I disconnect from Ntl? Just remembered my dial-up internet is on Ntl, what do I do about that? Please help confused.
Can somebody give me an answer.

jsknight100

Does anybody know if you swaps to One Tel as a line provider can you still use services like 18866?

Heinz

jsknight100 wrote:

Does anybody know if you swaps to One Tel as a line provider can you still use services like 18866?

If you are considering changing in order to save a massive 51p per month (£9.99 line rental as opposed to BT's £10.50), I'd suggest you read THIS THREAD first because Section 3.4 of OneTel's T&Cs reads:

Section 3.4:-

3.4 If you are a Line Rental Services customer and elect to use another provider for some or all of your calls we may at our sole discretion decide to (i) bar your use of indirect access codes, (ii) charge you a higher fee for your use of the Line Rental Service or (iii) disconnect the Line Rental Service.

groovychick69

Can anyone help?

I am currently moving to a new housing development which doesn't have cable, BT want to charge me £75 to connect me even though i'm already using BT at my old property. Anyone have any ideas how i can get away with it??

Thanks :mad:

Heinz

groovychick69 wrote:

Can anyone help?

I am currently moving to a new housing development which doesn't have cable, BT want to charge me £75 to connect me even though i'm already using BT at my old property. Anyone have any ideas how i can get away with it??

Thanks :mad:

That's cheap - about a quarter of the true price - see HERE.

clairville

I read today that from the 1st April home users can select to optout of the bt line rental? what otherCompany/ opions are open

Edinburghlass_2

Onetel is now doing line rental as is the Post Office and others. However unlike BT, other companies are not compelled to allow you to use a call carrier and for a minimum saving per month on line rental you would end up paying a higher bill for calls.

LionKing

Hi,

I am having same issue as Groovychick.

Is it best to stick to BT Line rental or is NTL, OneTel etc cheaper?
Will these other providers allow you to use another carrier on their line?
Is their a website for checking all line providers for your postcode?

Thanks

April2

LionKing wrote:

Hi,

I am having same issue as Groovychick.

Is it best to stick to BT Line rental or is NTL, OneTel etc cheaper?
Will these other providers allow you to use another carrier on their line?
Is their a website for checking all line providers for your postcode?

Thanks

I think there are 2 points to consider with line rental.

1. Is the (normally quite small) saving worth the effort/possible pitfalls?

2. Although some of the 'new line providers' include in their T&Cs clauses which appear to prohibit subscribers using other carriers for their calls, some don't. However, regardless of whether they currently do or don't, none are bound to allow such use (only BT is).

It'll come as no surprise to readers to learn that I'm allowing BT to continue supplying and maintaining my line (despite the fact that I consider the cost to be ridiculously high).