Orange Broadband - 50% price increase !!

madinternetuser

i got the same letter saying cos me not in oranges area they have changed my package from £24 to £32.30 , i rang them and they dont seem bothered about it me been with them since freeserve, then wanadoo then orange , i thinks the way orange are dealing with this they will be going the same way as tiscali

late9

I too got this letter - I was on Home Max (£24pm) and its going up to £32.

HOWEVER DONT JUMP SHIP JUST YET CHECK WHAT OTHER SERVICEs YOU CAN GET PROPERLY!

Home Max offers me..
UNLIMITED 8mb (6.7 avrg) Broadband.. no throttling or usage limits or peak time restrictions like Plusnet for example.
Free calls on line 2 and Evening and Weekend calls on line 1
Free livebox

Orange also included line rental so make shure this is included in the price of others (£11.50)

I have just had a look around and not one other company can actually offer me the same for less! - A lot of providers use branded wholesale in some ares (Orange does in mine.. my exchange is all BTWholesale) Even If I went with a similar pack to BT its £40pm for example.

Also to people who complain about speeds if your exchange is wholesale you will get exactly the same problem from another provider. Look on Samknows to see if your exchange has any LUU services.

madinternetuser

try the post office free calls at weekends and evenings and unlimited downloads and line rental included for £24.99 a month, when i told orange i wanted to leave they didnt even try and stop me all they offered was a discount of 30p yes 30p so my new bill would of been £32 instead of £32.30 good bye hope ya go the same way as tiscali

late9

madinternetuser wrote: »

try the post office free calls at weekends and evenings and unlimited downloads and line rental included for £24.99 a month, when i told orange i wanted to leave they didnt even try and stop me all they offered was a discount of 30p yes 30p so my new bill would of been £32 instead of £32.30 good bye hope ya go the same way as tiscali

WOW Thanks that's great. Included calls to mobiles at the weekend which is a bonus too.

Does it have free VOIP Calls via the router?

madinternetuser

nope thats the only diffrence and you can get £20 cashback if you go via quidco

josh.mundy88

After recieveing the dreaded letter, I decided I'd had enough and I am looking to change my internet provider. At the moment I have my phone and internet from Orange, but am looking to move to O2 for internet and BT for the phoneline. My questionn is, should I transfer the phoneline before I transfer the internet? Or get the MAC code from Orange then transfer the phoneline? Cheers

madinternetuser

orange recommended to me that i get mac code then move the line and internet

michaelboyd2

I signed up with O2 via quidco already had an O2 mobile hence I was entitled to £7.34 per month. With £70 cash back which I just got paid this month. it works out to about £18.08 for the whole year, thats £1.50 per month. Yippee!!!!

ellen1951

late9 wrote: »

I too got this letter - I was on Home Max (£24pm) and its going up to £32.

HOWEVER DONT JUMP SHIP JUST YET CHECK WHAT OTHER SERVICEs YOU CAN GET PROPERLY!

Home Max offers me..
UNLIMITED 8mb (6.7 avrg) Broadband.. no throttling or usage limits or peak time restrictions like Plusnet for example.
Free calls on line 2 and Evening and Weekend calls on line 1
Free livebox

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orange does throttle you if you us over their unlimited downlaod quota and they give you 2 days notice when they do this. so you cannot even change your habit. they throttle for 3 months and if you do it again you will be throttled for ever.

after the announcement of a hike of 30% I'm looking for another provider as well. may be thats exactly what they want. Lots of people to leave so they can provide a " better" service for whats left???

OldGreyFox

madinternetuser wrote: »

try the post office free calls at weekends and evenings and unlimited downloads and line rental included for £24.99 a month

The Post Homephone bundle is just BT rebranded.;)