Primus £6.79 Line Rental

[Deleted User]

It's a BT line, BT master socket etc plus there is no Cable in the whole county. I found out what the number was but it is disconnected. But still with the dial tone.

None of the line checkers on the ISP websites can check the line so basically I need a "new line".

macman

No, you need a reconnection.

bendipa

Deleted_User wrote: »

It's a BT line, BT master socket etc plus there is no Cable in the whole county. I found out what the number was but it is disconnected. But still with the dial tone.

None of the line checkers on the ISP websites can check the line so basically I need a "new line".

But Primus won't necessarily charge you for it. You might need a new number but the cost may be free. Read 2nd paragraph here. But I'm not sure whether that will apply to the £6.79 package as they say in these circumstances signing up for Primus Saver will involve a free installation. You need to check this out with them. I have a Primus Saver account and it's saved me money compared to BT whom I used to be with, but then I don't have a fixed mobile contract to complicate things..

StevieJ

Primus seems quite an odd charging structure, 6 pence a minute to ring Australia landline, and 10p to ring Australia mobile compared to 14 pence to ring a UK mobile (all evenings), have I got that right?

http://www.homephonechoices.co.uk/article.asp?id=package-details&bundleId=248&partner=20353~ps~guk-homephone_choices~siteid3~articleid110~hpc248

StevieJ

My contact with BT expires on 6th June 2012, when would be the best time to action a transfer to Primus, without incurring cancellation fees or being charged the next quarters rental in advance by BT?

PaulHUK

Phones4Chris wrote: »

Please note the P.O. may charge a £15 cancellation fee if you cancel their Landline within 6 months.(also mentioned in the 2nd post on that hotdeals link).

And Post Office Homephone is going up from £12.25 to £13.25 per month (a rise of 8% if my maths is right) as from 21st May.

Repeat3Times

Half_Price_Sky wrote: »

Best bet is to do what I'm doing and join Post Office Home Phone first. Their monthly line rental is £12.25 and they will activate your line free of charge and until 20th May they will also install a free line too.

PaulHUK wrote: »

And Post Office Homephone is going up from £12.25 to £13.25 per month (a rise of 8% if my maths is right) as from 21st May.

Funny that! Bait and switch?

In my brief time with them so far, their customer service has been poor, specifically their failure to reply to e-mail enquiries. The 8% rental price rise (with other call rises too) is another annoyance.

a27

Deleted_User wrote: »

It's a BT line, BT master socket etc plus there is no Cable in the whole county. I found out what the number was but it is disconnected. But still with the dial tone.

None of the line checkers on the ISP websites can check the line so basically I need a "new line".

If you have the number, you can transfer it to Primus.
Then you should be able to do an ISP line check.

[Deleted User]

a27 wrote: »

If you have the number, you can transfer it to Primus.
Then you should be able to do an ISP line check.

Says I need an active phone number e.g. "can I make calls from it?"

StevieJ

Is it really more expensive to phone a UK number than abroad during daytime with Primus? BTW homephonechoices are now only chaging £6.29 for Primus.

http://www.homephonechoices.co.uk/article.asp?id=primus-saver-exclusive&kt=20684&gclid=CI3NrOKaza8CFQ1lfAodo08OZQ