who better than BT...

james3333

hi all,
iam with BT at the moment.
i end up paying more in service charges, VAT, linrental etc than i do on calls.
charges usually come to around £15 and my calls usually £8
is their anyone better to go with for this dilema?
i cant get Telewest coz cable isnt available in my area.

Heinz

Stay with BT for the line rental but make sure you are on BT Together Option 1 and pay by Direct Debit - that'll mean your line rental will be £11 per month (£10.75 from January if you opt for online only billing).

Now click on the 'HERE' link in my signature below and start saving on your calls!

james3333

cool
iam with option 1

thanks.

Heinz

james3333 wrote:

cool
iam with option 1

thanks.

In which case, the £15 figure baffles me slightly.

Do you have any of BT's 'Calling Features'?

james3333

no calling features
not sure on exact figures.....
VAT
line rental
etc
come to about £15

Heinz

My BT bill appeared online today.

It takes a bit of deciphering but, for line rental, a quarterly bill should show a figure very similar to £28.07 for 'BT Together Option' (which means line rental if you're on BT Together Option 1).

Add 17.5% to that (although they do it for the whole bill so it'll appear differently) adds £4.91 - a total of £32.98 (£11 per month for the sake of argument).

james3333

will have to look into it in detail
iam just doing it from what i remember and wanted to know if there were any cheaper deals in general than BT.:money:

Heinz

james3333 wrote:

will have to look into it in detail
iam just doing it from what i remember and wanted to know if there were any cheaper deals in general than BT.:money:

It is possible to find (slightly) cheaper line rental but, if you change, it's likely you'll regret doing so because access to CPS (Carrier PreSelect) providers will cease to be available and some other options may cease to be available (e.g. it is known that TalkTalk, even before they put the cost of their line rental up so it was no longer cheaper than BT, had barred some subscribers from using indirect [4 or 5 digit prefix] access codes like 18185, 1899 and 18866.

hurrah

Its not considered a good idea to move your line rental away from. BT,because you cant use cheap call suppliers like 18185,you cant cps your calls,and you dont pay for caller display on BT other suppliers charge. So you end up paying more.
Then theirs the potential problem of dealing with faults.

cheghead

Check out current deal from https://www.madasafish.com

hurrah

cheghead wrote:

Check out current deal from https://www.madasafish.com

You might want to check this thread out.;)

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=242740&highlight=madasafish