Cable vs landline broadband.

haveagoade

A couple of scare tactics there for not giving up your Landline and they are a bit feable too, the likelyhood of getting attacked in your home is minute compaired to in Public, and anyway what good is a landline in public.

Also the "make sure you keep your mobile charged" warning applies to most landlines these days as nearly everyone has a cordless phone.

Two very detailed posts and in depth discussions ....but all I know is I'm saving and not missing my landline at all!

haveagoade

haveagoade wrote:

A couple of scare tactics there for not giving up your Landline and they are a bit feable too, the likelyhood of getting attacked in your home is minute compaired to in Public, and anyway what good is a landline in public.

Also the "make sure you keep your mobile charged" warning applies to most landlines these days as nearly everyone has a cordless phone.

Two very detailed posts and in depth discussions ....but all I know is I'm saving and not missing my landline at all!

For example: ntl product Cost
Broadband 2Mb £8.99 for your first 3 months ( but you can twist them down on this if you are an existing customer)
Virgin Mobile SIM offer £10.00
Total £18.99


What do I get?
Tariff Minutes Texts SIM card cost Monthly cost
Virgin £10 with cable 300 300 Free £10 (usually £20)



Save save save!

BexTech

haveagoade wrote:

For example: ntl product Cost
Broadband 2Mb £8.99 for your first 3 months ( but you can twist them down on this if you are an existing customer)
Virgin Mobile SIM offer £10.00
Total £18.99


What do I get?
Tariff Minutes Texts SIM card cost Monthly cost
Virgin £10 with cable 300 300 Free £10 (usually £20)



Save save save!

Though the usual £20 has been £15 for some time.

haveagoade

Well you could go the mobile cashback route and get more minutes for even less, in fact you could get two.

One mega cashback mobile contract for use as a House phone, another as a real mobile. Keeping the first mobile permenatly on charge.

I have done this with my old BT Cellnet Pay Up Front for Life which gives 200 off peaks/month for life no monthly rental at all. I use it like a landline permenently on charge and on.

bunking_off

A couple of scare tactics there for not giving up your Landline and they are a bit feable too, the likelyhood of getting attacked in your home is minute compaired to in Public, and anyway what good is a landline in public.

Your choice, as I say.

Scare tactics? No. As I say, there have been fatalities in the states. It was this aspect that resulted in Vonage having to get their act together on 911. My contacts in the Home Office are very concerned by it, and believe it's only the lack of naked DSL offering from BT that's stopping the issue coming more to the fore. You may consider the risk to be infinitesimally small, and that's fair enough (although while it's true to say that your chances of being attacked in your home are lower than in the street, the chances of your house catching fire aren't...)...my only intention was to raise the risk so that anyone contemplating this went in with their eyes open. Oh, and I give the same advice to anyone foolish enough to have nothing but DECT cordless handsets in their home.

Incidentally, I've got no axe to grind...I purposely don't mention my employer here, but suffice to say a large proportion of internet telephony traffic that goes out onto normal landlines uses our network, as do a lot of the IDA/CPs providers, so we get the revenue either way.

NiceGuyG

The way I see it, so what if you pay BT £20.00 a month. In my circumstances I am on NTL and have the talk unlimted pacage which is £25.00 a month. On top of that my broadband is about £20.00 totaling £45.00.

Now with talktalk it is £20.00 total. This includes the £11.00 a month.

I think if it is what it says on the tin, then itsm a good deal.

BexTech

The NTL package has never been good value, so surprised you'd stick it out when there have been better option available for a long time.

The trouble with TalkTalk is their broadband is worse than useless.

If you are happy with a ropey broadband service, don't mind often slower than dial-up speeds when it isn't falling over 20+ times an hour, then maybe it's worth it.

NiceGuyG

"Roppy brosdband" lol. I did not relise it was that bad. It can't be worse then NTL's customer serivce but thanks for the insight, me thinks me needs more research!!

Bye

haveagoade

bunking_off wrote:

Your choice, as I say.

Scare tactics? No. As I say, there have been fatalities in the states. It was this aspect that resulted in Vonage having to get their act together on 911. My contacts in the Home Office are very concerned by it, and believe it's only the lack of naked DSL offering from BT that's stopping the issue coming more to the fore. You may consider the risk to be infinitesimally small, and that's fair enough (although while it's true to say that your chances of being attacked in your home are lower than in the street, the chances of your house catching fire aren't...)...my only intention was to raise the risk so that anyone contemplating this went in with their eyes open. Oh, and I give the same advice to anyone foolish enough to have nothing but DECT cordless handsets in their home.

Incidentally, I've got no axe to grind...I purposely don't mention my employer here, but suffice to say a large proportion of internet telephony traffic that goes out onto normal landlines uses our network, as do a lot of the IDA/CPs providers, so we get the revenue either way.

If My House was on fire the first thing I would do is get out and get everyone else out..........NOT Telephone the Fire service anyway. If I was to telephone I'd telephone from outside anyway, and probably using my Mobile, as my Landline would probably have Melted.

haveagoade

BexTech wrote:

The NTL package has never been good value, so surprised you'd stick it out when there have been better option available for a long time.

The trouble with TalkTalk is their broadband is worse than useless.

If you are happy with a ropey broadband service, don't mind often slower than dial-up speeds when it isn't falling over 20+ times an hour, then maybe it's worth it.

I can't see how you can say my Broadband for £9.99/£8.99 is not good value do you Know of any better, I'd love to know? Given the saving by not having a landline.