MSE News: O2 mobile users get home phone and broadband boost

Inactive

Celynnog wrote: »

I was paying £11 line rental + £5 for 8MB on Sky = £16

+ Sky TV Package.

5limJim

Inactive wrote: »

+ Sky TV Package.

yep, people seem to forget that you cant have Sky Talk, or Broadband, unless you have an active Sky Subscription

more and more providers are going for an 'all in one' solution

mbailey

Will be interesting to see what times O2 are going to use for the evening calls now BT have moved the evening from 18:00 to 19:00 from 1st April.

This O2 page still suggests 18:00, but i guess that could change prior to launch.

http://mediacentre.o2.co.uk/Press-Releases/O2-Enters-Home-Phone-Market-261.aspx

sly_dog_jonah

We're approaching the end of February, is there any more news from O2 yet on the exact details?

Lancastrian

I checked with their press office and was informed that VAT is included in the line rental prices. That being so I can leave BT and go to O2 and, for £1 more per month, I get anytime calls. I'll still keep 18185 and voip for mobiles and the occasional foreign call. Seems ok by me - so far ! Am I missing anything ?

Inactive

Not sure why everybody seems to be getting excited about 02 landline, it doesn't seem that attractive to me at face value.

Lancastrian

Sorry but I must come back on this on behalf of all light to medium users. I have PAYG o2 mobile and to obtain B/B for £7.50 have to spend £10 at least every three months. That's less than I use. So far I'm up. (came off Tiscali so I'm up again) BT want an extra £4.99 for unlimited land line calls. I spend less than that with 18185 so that's out. Now O2, I hope, will give me the line and calls for just £1 more than BT's £11.54. Less thinking about time of day and if 18185 is to be used. All just a money saving route but isn't that what this forum is all about?

Inactive

o2 charge extra for Caller Display, you need to look at the whole package.

jem16

Inactive wrote: »

o2 charge extra for Caller Display, you need to look at the whole package.

Plus extra for 1571 although I hope you don't use this anyway.

Lancastrian

Points taken but BT's £11.54 shows that I don't have caller display (no reason to have it) and I took the advice from Heinz regarding 1571 and tell everybody to come off it. Still ahead and still asking - have I missed something?