BT Line saver-tips and hints

aerobas77

Hi
I ve moved house and was advised that I will need to pay the connection charge of 130£.
I have spoken with a BT agent again and was advise about the Line saver . Basically I still have to pay the connection charge 130£ plus the 120£ line saver. This is on a 12month contract.
This is quite a lot of money in one go. However I ll be working abroad for 3month. I 've also tempted to take another offer where it s only 30£connection fee , but it s 18 monts contract and 13.90line rental.
Anyway I would like to know people who have bt line saver can you give me any hints so that I only really pay 10£per month and not any any additional or hidden charges:)
Thanks

Heinz

aerobas77 wrote: »

Hi
I ve moved house and was advised that I will need to pay the connection charge of £130.
I have spoken with a BT agent again and was advise about the Line saver . Basically I still have to pay the connection charge £130 plus the £120 line saver. This is on a 12month contract.
This is quite a lot of money in one go. However I ll be working abroad for 3month. I 've also tempted to take another offer where it s only £30 connection fee , but it s 18 monts contract and £13.90 line rental.
Anyway I would like to know people who have bt line saver can you give me any hints so that I only really pay £10 per month and not any any additional or hidden charges:)
Thanks

Those who opt for LRS have to make at least 2 calls (chargeable or inclusive) per month or they get a 'low use' £1.50 charge. If you're going to be away, you won't be able to meet that requirement.

IIRC, the £30/18 month offer requires TEN calls/month.

aerobas77

Hi
The other offer with 30£ connection fee is not only on a longer contract(18 months) but also if you don t make the required 10calls per month , there is a penlaty of 5.50£/month.
I m mostly getting the line to keep my braodband with o2.
hmm, I think that I 'll probably pay the fee on my creditcard (o% interest) and have to pay the charge 1.50£ for the months that I m abroad.
Thanks for your 6stps plan for reducing call cost.

Lugh_Chronain

aerobas77 wrote: »

Hi
I ve moved house and was advised that I will need to pay the connection charge of 130£.
I have spoken with a BT agent again and was advise about the Line saver . Basically I still have to pay the connection charge 130£ plus the 120£ line saver. This is on a 12month contract.
This is quite a lot of money in one go. However I ll be working abroad for 3month. I 've also tempted to take another offer where it s only 30£connection fee , but it s 18 monts contract and 13.90line rental.
Anyway I would like to know people who have bt line saver can you give me any hints so that I only really pay 10£per month and not any any additional or hidden charges:)
Thanks

Pity you can't leave this till you come back from your trip abroad though as you've just moved into your new house I suppose this is inconvenient.

Heinz wrote: »

Those who opt for LRS have to make at least 2 calls (chargeable or inclusive) per month or they get a 'low use' £1.50 charge. If you're going to be away, you won't be able to meet that requirement.

IIRC, the £30/18 month offer requires TEN calls/month.

Remember that the inclusive calls are 7pm – 7am for 1hr Monday – Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday, unless it's the Unlimited Weekend Plan you have which is just all day Saturday and Sunday, I opted for the Unlimited Evening and Weekend Plan. I nearly made the mistake of calling after 6pm a few days ago as well, just checked my latest bill and it appears OK, good job I made a call later than 6pm though, it was actually about 10ish when I made the call.

Decided to go for LRS in the end after thinking I'd be better off keeping the CPS from Primus (BT T's&C's says CPS isn't allowed with LRS, they had this cancelled). Decided it wouldn't really make that much difference in the end as I don't really make that many calls in the evening anyway, plus BT's evening calls are free anyway.