A few basic questions about mobile phone packages and broadband: mobile or otherwise.

FuriousG

Hi I've been with Telewest and then Virgin Media for a few years and the bills are just too high, I've been meaning to take a look at it for ages and started having a look at other deals this week and now I'm more confused than ever...

Ideally I'd like a smartphone to take care of the home phone mega rates issue (this would also make on-line selling a little easier without having the computer on all the time) and have a decent home broadband connection, apparently you can connect a smartphone to a wifi connection and use skype or whatever to take care of that side of things but I'm worried about ending up with a crap wifi broadband connection and being tied to a lengthy contract.

Bit of a long post but am I better off going through talk talk or whomever and dealing with the smartphone separately or looking around for a package that does both.

Any advice would be gratfully received.

cgk1

apparently you can connect a smartphone to a wifi connection and use skype or whatever to take care of that side of things but I'm worried about ending up with a crap wifi broadband connection and being tied to a lengthy contract.

If you are using wifi to connect your mobile to your home broadband, then really the most important factor is how fast your home broadband is - so I would suggest that is the first issue to take care of.

Go here: http://www.samknows.com/broadband/broadband_checker

put in your post code and tell us who you can actually get broadband from.

grumbler

FuriousG wrote: »

...to take care of the home phone mega rates issue

How 'mega' are the rates actually?

FuriousG

Thanks for the replies, I currently have a basic pay as you go mobile and a separate home cable broadband and phone package, I've had a look at the bill and my broadband connectivity dealy and it's as follows (it turns out the phone couldn't really be classed as a mega rate but hyperbole aside I'm paying a bit too much and any other helpful replies would be welcomed):


* BT Wholesale ADSL
* BT Wholesale ADSL Max
* BT Wholesale SDSL
* O2 / Be LLU
* Bulldog LLU
* TalkTalk (CPW) LLU
* Sky Broadband / Easynet LLU
* Orange LLU (Formerly Wanadoo)
* Virgin Media (Cable)


Telephone Line Rental £12.99

Talk Evenings & Weekends £4.00

Phone, Broadband And TV Saving -£7.00

Broadband Size: M £21.50

£31.49

grumbler

There are special boards nearby for broadband and line rental.
I don't see how you can save much on the phone calls.

FuriousG

That's the dilemma really, how to get decent broadband without paying for a home phone line, but I'll take another look and see if I can find a better deal.