CPW/TT to offer FREE broadband (merged)

inside_scoop

Apologies SF, i have just had clarification. If you are already on Bulldog LLU (unbundled exchange) then you have to go back to BT before you can go to any other unbundled provider, like Talktalk. This is because there is currently no process in the industry to change from one unbundled provider to another one. The downside is that BT will lock you into a 3 month contract if you go back to them. So the option is to stay with Bulldog, move to cable completely (i.e. remove the BT line from your house) or go back to BT for three months and then across to one of the other unbundled providers.

silverfoxdude

inside_scoop wrote:

Apologies SF, i have just had clarification. If you are already on Bulldog LLU (unbundled exchange) then you have to go back to BT before you can go to any other unbundled provider, like Talktalk. This is because there is currently no process in the industry to change from one unbundled provider to another one. The downside is that BT will lock you into a 3 month contract if you go back to them. So the option is to stay with Bulldog, move to cable completely (i.e. remove the BT line from your house) or go back to BT for three months and then across to one of the other unbundled providers.

thanks for the help scoop i think going back to bt may be the best option

inside_scoop

No worries!

paulhgc

£20.99 that be it for free uk calls free 8mb broadband and free calls to Canada, USa Australia, France, Ireland
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden Cyprus
Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary
Estonia, Slovenia Latvia, Lithunia, Slovakia Malta



wow that that is a great deal for the british broadband user

paulhgc

koru wrote:

If BT, AOL, NTL, Wanadoo don't match this they are going to lose millions of customers.

i will be one but i need to reinstall a bt line myself as bt will charge me £100 i know where the box is outside i just need toget the cable ect ect

i curently pay £33 + aprox £7 = £40 for calls with ntl which is for 100 tv and radio stns and 1mb broadband

im going to look into this offer and get freeview saving me aprox £19 a month but a faster connection

inside_scoop

Alex - i corrected myself in a subsequent post

koru

paulhgc wrote:

i will be one but i need to reinstall a bt line myself as bt will charge me £100 i know where the box is outside i just need toget the cable

I think they will still charge you for the "installation", even if they just have to flick a switch at the exchange.

paulhgc

koru wrote:

I think they will still charge you for the "installation", even if they just have to flick a switch at the exchange.

yeah but not £100 surley

paulhgc

it says here that it is freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

http://www.bt.com/reconnect/index.jsp?obsNoSee=Y&vStore=1114&obsPage=/lines/index.jsp&obsType=LINK&obsOID=83036

SamMoffatt28

Just checked with my phone no & postcode and got this message:

Sorry
Free Broadband is not available

Because BT still controls your telephone exchange and we have to connect you through their equipment, we can't offer you broadband for free.However, we can offer you high-speed broadband at the great price of just £10 per month, when you sign up to our Talk3 international calling plan.

I dont know whether to go for it anyway. My bt phone bill & bt broadband combined cost me £50-50 per month. I'm not a heavy user on either phone or internet, although I regularly make national calls to my mum(usually about once a week) .I have never made international calls. Will I be any better off with the talktalk deal if I have to pay for their broadband? Do any other companies offer a better deal? I'm sceptical about being locked into an 18 month contract.