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looking to switch broadband suppliers

bundance · 2009-07-26 20:44:40

sorry to sound thick In laymen's terms, can someone help me please I have been with virgin since 2004 and I pay £17.61 I am looking to change to plusnet at 5.99 a month for broadband and telephone calls. I will apply through Uswitch. Will they automatically disconnect me from virgin media ISP and from TalkTalk who are my…

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macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite

28 July 2009 at 9:01PM

bundance wrote: »

At the risk of sounding ignorant, what's skype, and what's a dongle.

cheers

A dongle (in this context anyway) is a USB device to give you mobile broadband, i.e. over the mobile phone network, without needing a landline.
Skype is a VOIP (internet based) telephony system.
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/useskype/

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