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The New Sky Advert

Has anybody seen the new advert with the princess and frog
Such a attack on BT surely must be seen as a sign of desperation!

To go as far as personally attack the company on its own must be.

To highlight what they say about capping speeds,
we only cap speeds when you exceed your fair usage policy on the unlimited and only by 10%

would you not rather a speed cap or pay £5 per GB you go over?

Baring in mind that our fair usage policy is 300GB which is a third of a TB

What do you think?
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  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Its about time that years after privatisation BT realises is not a nationalised company with a god given right to customers business.
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • Mic2904
    Mic2904 Posts: 379 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Its all about competition, which is (mostly) good for the customer.

    nb: These kind of comparision ads are not allowed in Germany, I find them rather good!
  • naff123
    naff123 Posts: 227 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    penrhyn wrote: »
    Its about time that years after privatisation BT realises is not a nationalised company with a god given right to customers business.

    What on earth are you on about??
    If you mean BT thinks it still has a monopoly your very much mislead on that fact mate
    we give customers better and fairer business than mr rupert murdoch could ever imagine
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Are you posting on here as an official BT rep? If not, perhaps you could declare your interest please.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • bengalknights
    bengalknights Posts: 5,021 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    naff123 wrote: »
    Has anybody seen the new advert with the princess and frog
    Such a attack on BT surely must be seen as a sign of desperation!

    To go as far as personally attack the company on its own must be.

    To highlight what they say about capping speeds,
    we only cap speeds when you exceed your fair usage policy on the unlimited and only by 10%

    would you not rather a speed cap or pay £5 per GB you go over?

    Baring in mind that our fair usage policy is 300GB which is a third of a TB

    What do you think?

    Both Sky and BT are both rubbish for broadband, o2/be rule in this part of the business and have yet to instigate the FUP im just glad not everyone uses them as then there would be slower connections for us users :)
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 5 January 2011 at 7:39PM
    naff123 wrote: »
    What on earth are you on about??
    If you mean BT thinks it still has a monopoly your very much mislead on that fact mate
    we give customers better and fairer business than mr rupert murdoch could ever imagine

    Yes that was what I was referring too.

    For example, I pay £12.50 /month for unlimited broadband with Sky.(or £15/month without Sky TV sub)
    The same service with BT would cost £28/month.
    Apart from trading on their name what would I get by going to BT?
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • kkpolobear
    kkpolobear Posts: 452 Forumite
    Both Sky and BT are both rubbish for broadband, o2/be rule in this part of the business and have yet to instigate the FUP im just glad not everyone uses them as then there would be slower connections for us users :)

    o2 now does he old slowing you down now on the new pricing plans they have so o2 has now become one of the worse like bt are
  • bengalknights
    bengalknights Posts: 5,021 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    kkpolobear wrote: »
    o2 now does he old slowing you down now on the new pricing plans they have so o2 has now become one of the worse like bt are

    but Be doesnt ;)
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    penrhyn wrote: »

    For example, I pay £12.50 /month for unlimited broadband with Sky.(or £15/month without Sky TV sub)
    The same service with BT would cost £28/month.
    Apart from trading on their name what would I get by going to BT?

    I'm not recommending Sky or BT but with Sky you pay their advertised price. Savvy moneysavers however don't pay BT's advertised prices - read this thread here.
    £9.99 a month for unlimited(300gb cap) with free evening and weekend calls or £12.99 for same but unlimited anytime calls
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • naff123
    naff123 Posts: 227 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    edited 5 January 2011 at 11:09PM
    penrhyn wrote: »
    Yes that was what I was referring too.

    For example, I pay £12.50 /month for unlimited broadband with Sky.(or £15/month without Sky TV sub)
    The same service with BT would cost £28/month.
    Apart from trading on their name what would I get by going to BT?

    apart from our unlimited offers 300 GB not 40 GB lol
    and also we do not charge for going over your fair usage policy just cap your speed by 10%
    no i aient a rep im a dude who works for BT who wants to make people aware of our best deals and bargains!
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