Wanted: Broadband, phone Anytime + 0845/0870 + calls to mobile allowance inclusive

sasparillo

Hi :wave:,

I am looking for the cheapest way of combining

Broadband

Inclusive:
Anytime UK phone calls
0845/0870
calls to mobile phone allowance

Inclusive international calls - especially to USA, Canada and Europe would be nice but not essential

Either an all-in-one package or separately.

I am currently on TalkTalk monthly.

I joined TalkTalk on an 18 month package when it was also giving Nectar points. I've now lost the Nectar points perk :sad: which has cost me money and the price has gone up.

TalkTalk also tell me although it can offer Anytime UK phone, 0845/0870 and international calls for £22.80 monthly for first six months, it will then rise to £30.28. And I cannot have a mobile phone allowance with this package. I am finding that I am ringing a lot of mobiles.

I am not on Sky or Virgin for TV and not on 02. I have T-mobile PAYG and my usage of that varies dramatically from month to month, although I have been considering taking out a £10 a month contract and looking whether that opens the way to other packages for my landline with the components I've listed above.

This may be a tough ask, but can anyone help me find my way through the telecommunications maze! :undecided

Oh and :easter:

Stuart_W

How many mobile calls are you making? This will be tricky to find inclusive at the moment (although this is going to change very quickly over the coming months) other than things like inclusive weekend mobile calls with Post Office. If you are thinking of changing your mobile to contract, can you make the mobile calls from your mobile (you can get, for example, 600 minutes on a £10/month T-mobile SIM card, with unlimited landline calls or unlimited T-mobile calls on top of the 600 min allowance)???

sasparillo

Stuart_W wrote: »

How many mobile calls are you making? This will be tricky to find inclusive at the moment (although this is going to change very quickly over the coming months) other than things like inclusive weekend mobile calls with Post Office. If you are thinking of changing your mobile to contract, can you make the mobile calls from your mobile (you can get, for example, 600 minutes on a £10/month T-mobile SIM card, with unlimited landline calls or unlimited T-mobile calls on top of the 600 min allowance)???

Hi Stuart :wave:,

Thanks so much for this! This is where it gets tricky. Mobile phone usage varies from month to month.

The package you've given me the link to does look good though.:) Is it actually a T-mobile package tho' or something which Chitter Chatter is doing cos T-mobile says it doesn't have this package?

Stuart_W

Hi,

It is a T-mobile contract SIM but you can only get it through Chitter-Chatter at that price. As such a large reseller, they offer exclusive deals that you can't get directly with T-mobile, but you still end up with a T-mobile contract and it is T-mobile you deal with to do with your account once you are connected.

The thing will all of the various SIM-only deals if you have erratic usage from month-to-month is that the run-on rate - what you get charged if you run out of inclusive minutes - is often a fortune. With this t-mobile SIM for example, if you use over 600 minutes it becomes 31p a minute. :eek:

Are you often ringing the same few mobile numbers or lots of different ones?

sasparillo

Stuart_W wrote: »

Hi,

It is a T-mobile contract SIM but you can only get it through Chitter-Chatter at that price. As such a large reseller, they offer exclusive deals that you can't get directly with T-mobile, but you still end up with a T-mobile contract and it is T-mobile you deal with to do with your account once you are connected.

The thing will all of the various SIM-only deals if you have erratic usage from month-to-month is that the run-on rate - what you get charged if you run out of inclusive minutes - is often a fortune. With this t-mobile SIM for example, if you use over 600 minutes it becomes 31p a minute. :eek:

Are you often ringing the same few mobile numbers or lots of different ones?

Hi again Stuart,

Thanks for this!

I have a few core numbers which I ring again and again but also deal with a lot of new numbers because of an event which I run. I guess the key to all this is becoming very disciplined about phone calls. I do text but I certainly don't use 500 texts a month. In fact, I'd prefer a few fewer texts (say 300 texts) and more minutes but I don't suppose that's possible?

Stuart_W

I'm not aware of anything cheaper. Various special offers do come and go. 600 mobile minutes for £10/month with unlimited landline calls is probably going to be amongst the best you can get. If you might sometimes need more, consider going for the 900 minutes for £16/month. Even though you'll end up with 500 texts you might not need, you're not wasting any expensive AFAIK because I'm unaware of anything cheaper.

As both these deals would actually include unlimited landline calls too (you choose this as your one free T-mobile booster) then you might actually be able to reduce the landline element as you'll only need line rental and no calls package - it depends if you like the idea of using your mobile more for your calls rather than your landline. The thing to watch our for if you consider this option is the high cost of 08xx numbers if you don't have an inclusive calls package.

For international calls, you could continue to make these from your landline using one of the cheap providers such as 18866 - see the money saving expert international call checker to see who is cheap for the specific destinations you're after.

sasparillo

Stuart_W wrote: »

I'm not aware of anything cheaper. Various special offers do come and go. 600 mobile minutes for £10/month with unlimited landline calls is probably going to be amongst the best you can get. If you might sometimes need more, consider going for the 900 minutes for £16/month. Even though you'll end up with 500 texts you might not need, you're not wasting any expensive AFAIK because I'm unaware of anything cheaper.

As both these deals would actually include unlimited landline calls too (you choose this as your one free T-mobile booster) then you might actually be able to reduce the landline element as you'll only need line rental and no calls package - it depends if you like the idea of using your mobile more for your calls rather than your landline. The thing to watch our for if you consider this option is the high cost of 08xx numbers if you don't have an inclusive calls package.

For international calls, you could continue to make these from your landline using one of the cheap providers such as 18866 - see the money saving expert international call checker to see who is cheap for the specific destinations you're after.

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the care in your answers. You've been really helpful!

It sounds good. Trouble is I've just topped up £20 on my PAYG for some extra-ordinary calls I had to make ... Don't suppose you know what I can do with the money left on it if I do sign up?