Talk Talk Free Broadband with Talk 3 Intl the Downside

pricefighter

Its an 18 month contract you are tieing yourself into.

Their is a £30 connection charge.

Its not 8 mb .Its up to 8mb.

Its not unlimited (Up to 40gb download a month)See this article that clarifies this http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/12/carphone_gigabit/

Its only available to 70% of UK.(If your not in the coverage area it costs you £30.99 a month.)

Security protection is only free for first 90 days then its another £1.75p a month.

If you use Caller Display add £1.50 a month to the package making it £22.49p a month.

You cant use the likes 1899/18866/18185 with it.

Calls to 0845 numbers are 4.5p a minute peak.

mr_fishbulb

pricefighter wrote:

Its an 18 month contract you are tieing yourself into.

That's bad

pricefighter wrote:

Their is a £30 connection charge.

Connection to broadband (for the first time) on a BT line is £47, so this is cheaper for a new user.

pricefighter wrote:

Its not 8 mb .Its up to 8mb.

Same as any other 8Mb ADSL service.

pricefighter wrote:

Its not unlimited (Up to 40gb download a month)

That's more than 90% of people will need. It's more than some ISPs who say "Unlimited" allow in their fair use terms.

pricefighter wrote:

Its only available to 70% of UK.

So are other non-BTMax 8Mb services (e.g. bulldog)

pricefighter wrote:

Security protection is only free for first 90 days then its another £1.75p a month.

Lots of free security programs available.

pricefighter wrote:

If you use Caller Display add £1.75 a month to the package making it £22.74 a month.

You cant use the likes 1899/18866/18185 with it.

Calls to 0845 numbers are 4.5p a minute peak.

All bad things.

So there are some bad things, but they are not all bad.

pricefighter

mr_fishbulb wrote:

they are not all bad.

I was not suggesting they were .Just trying to help people make a balanced decision before they signed up for a 18 month contract. Which is a long time in the fast moving world of Telecom pricing.

raggit_2

pricefighter wrote:

I was not suggesting they were .Just trying to help people make a balanced decision before they signed up for a 18 month contract. Which is a long time in the fast moving world of Telecom pricing.

balanced decision? - i dont think so


Its not 8 mb .Its up to 8mb. - we say its upto, as do everyone else.


Its only available to 70% of UK.(If your not in the coverage area it costs you £30.99 a month.) - its LLU, and i think you will be pushed to find an LLU supplier with a higher coverage percentage

Security protection is only free for first 90 days then its another £1.75p a month. - and? you dont have to have it and like someone else said, you can get plenty of free software

If you use Caller Display add £1.75 a month to the package making it £22.74 a month. - not if u complain

You cant use the likes 1899/18866/18185 with it. - yes you can, you only get restricted if you dont pay a bill, and then the bar goes on.

Heinz

raggit wrote:

If you use Caller Display add £1.75 a month to the package making it £22.74 a month.

TT charge £1.50 per month for Caller Display.

raggit_2

Heinz wrote:

TT charge £1.50 per month for Caller Display.

i work for talktalk, i should know. caller display can be free...

Heinz

raggit wrote:

i work for talktalk, i should know. caller display can be free...

So, you work for TT and you know that the charge for Caller Display if £1.75.

What a pity the new new Talk Talk website is wrong then - it shows it to be £1.50 (please try clicking the link above and you'll see).

pricefighter

Raggit.As an employee of Talk Talk you obviously have a vested interest in promoting the product. My post was merely pointing out the downside of the product which is not unreasonable.Being rude as you have been in other threads,or casting doubts on the integrity of my post does not help your case.

TT barred Line Rental Customers access to suppliers like 18185 a few weeks ago,this has been well documented on this site,and other telecom sites.It has nowt to do with whether you pay your bill or not.Even though you confess you are not a user of the Talk Talk service, i would have thought you would known this.

raggit_2

Heinz wrote:

So, you work for TT and you know that the charge for Caller Display if £1.75.

What a pity the new new Talk Talk website is wrong then - it shows it to be £1.50 (please try clicking the link above and you'll see).

no... i said, i know its £1.50, and i also know that we can give it to customers for free...

raggit_2

pricefighter wrote:

Raggit.As an employee of Talk Talk you obviously have a vested interest in promoting the product. My post was merely pointing out the downside of the product which is not unreasonable.Being rude as you have been in other threads,or casting doubts on the integrity of my post does not help your case.

TT barred Line Rental Customers access to suppliers like 18185 a few weeks ago,this has been well documented on this site,and other telecom sites.It has nowt to do with whether you pay your bill or not.Even though you confess you are not a user of the Talk Talk service, i would have thought you would known this.

ive worked here long enough to know that half the stuff that is said on this site is incorrect, everyone claims to know everything, but you clearly dont.

The IACB (indirect access call bar) to stop you using prefix accounts will only be added if a bill payment is missed, it then will not be removed. i have numerous accounts to hand in front of me, who have wlr and have had for some time now and none have IACB.

I have no interest in defending talktalk as i personally wouldnt use it, but thats not to say that i dont get wound up when people claim to know things, that clearly are incorrect

pricefighter

raggit wrote:

no... i said, i know its £1.50, and i also know that we can give it to customers for free...

Free Caller Display is not an option when you sign up for service is it?