which provider is best for what i need?

vickynleon

i am currently with sky for tv, broadband and phone and paying around £70 a month without movie channels and sports.

it seems so expensive and the sky customer services don't seem very help full when i call so i am looking to move providers.

all i need is standard internet (don't play games)
phone possibly free local calls
and also standard package of tv programmes but i would like the kids channels including the disney channel.

can anyone help me with what providers are available at the cheapest price.

i'm hoping 2012 is a year for cutting our outgoings because we have our second baby on the way.

any help would be great and thanks in advance.

macman

If you want Disney then you need to have subscription TV. Otherwise switch to Freeview or Freesat.

vickynleon

i have freeview built into my tv but my little boy lovvveeess the disney chanel so i feel cruel cancelling it plus we've got another baby on the way so need something to occupy them when i need to do my cleaning lol thanks

macman

Disney DVD's?
For your broadand and phone, do an exchange search on www.samknows.com and look for your LLU providers.

vickynleon

yea could be an idea. he has loads. ok i will have a look and see whats best. thanks for your advice

miss_trust_2

vickynleon wrote: »

i am currently with sky for tv, broadband and phone and paying around £70 a month without movie channels and sports.

it seems so expensive and the sky customer services don't seem very help full when i call so i am looking to move providers.

all i need is standard internet (don't play games)
phone possibly free local calls
and also standard package of tv programmes but i would like the kids channels including the disney channel.

can anyone help me with what providers are available at the cheapest price.

i'm hoping 2012 is a year for cutting our outgoings because we have our second baby on the way.

any help would be great and thanks in advance.

I costed out entertainment extra (includes all kids channels) at £25, £12.25 for line rental, anytime calls at £5 and broadband every day lite (2gb usage cap) which is free, total cost £42.25? or give them a phone, tell them you are thinking of cancelling all on financial grounds and they may make you an offer of discount on TV or discount on Line rental, calls and broadband - hope this helps

Colin_London

There are loads of Kids TV channels available for free on satellite without a Sky subscription: CBBC, CBeebies, CITV, Pop, PopGirl, TinyPop, Kix!, let along the childrens content on Channel 5. You just need to take a hard look at whether it is worth paying out the extra just for the Disney content. As has been suggested actually buying the Disney DVDs may be cheaper than buying the Sky package for the bit of a Disney fix that he needs. I honestly do feel for parents who are under such pressure not to 'deprive' their kids of anything, but what's available for free nowadays far exceeds anything that was available when I was a kid.

neil201

Colin_London wrote: »

There are loads of Kids TV channels available for free on satellite without a Sky subscription: CBBC, CBeebies, CITV, Pop, PopGirl, TinyPop, Kix!, let along the childrens content on Channel 5. You just need to take a hard look at whether it is worth paying out the extra just for the Disney content. As has been suggested actually buying the Disney DVDs may be cheaper than buying the Sky package for the bit of a Disney fix that he needs. I honestly do feel for parents who are under such pressure not to 'deprive' their kids of anything, but what's available for free nowadays far exceeds anything that was available when I was a kid.

I agree there! Once he/she's got used to the choice available above he'll be fine I'm sure. My 4yr old nephew has Disney DVD's and watches Cbeebies and TinyPop pretty much all the time.