BT Infinity - Quidco & Usage/limit questions

HappyMJ

macman wrote: »

What is the point of fibre with a 40GB cap? You can go through that in a few days.
Why pay BT for Infinity when you can get Plusnet Fibre (an identical product, installed by the same OR engineer) for less?
Currently £38 cashback via Quidco.

40GB in a few days...How?

I use 40GB a month currently watch SD films regularly browse quite a bit. I don't think it's possible to go through 40GB in a few days and if so wouldn't the unlimited product from BT be better than the 120GB product from Plusnet.

c_man

aass11 wrote: »

Back to the question:



In the small print on the Quidco page, it states:
"BT Infinity is eligible for cashback but you must be a brand new broadband customer."

Thanks very much, not sure how I missed that!

Pikeyp

HappyMJ wrote: »

40GB in a few days...How?

Just wondering the same thing? ...

mia01

I have just ordered the BT Infinity 2 broadband and a BT phone line and I have £85 tracked on quidco. I think that £50 is for the broadband and £35 is for the new phone line.
Having a usage cap on a fibre product does seem to defeat the object. I wonder why they thought that would be a good idea? :question:

HappyMJ

mia01 wrote: »

I have just ordered the BT Infinity 2 broadband and a BT phone line and I have £85 tracked on quidco. I think that £50 is for the broadband and £35 is for the new phone line.
Having a usage cap on a fibre product does seem to defeat the object. I wonder why they thought that would be a good idea? :question:

Usage cap? Pick the product without a usage cap if you don't want one. It'll also be faster.

Can I ask what speed they estimate you will get? They are now estimating mine at 57.6Mbps...but not now until the end of June.

mia01

HappyMJ wrote: »

Usage cap? Pick the product without a usage cap if you don't want one. It'll also be faster.

Can I ask what speed they estimate you will get? They are now estimating mine at 57.6Mbps...but not now until the end of June.

Hiya, yes I did go for the Unlimited product, I was just wondering in general why someone would go for a capped fibre product.

Our speed estimate is 68 Mbps and we are having it installed in 2 weeks time so have to wait to see whether or not that is an acurate estimate or not.

Gordon_Hose

mia01 wrote: »

Hiya, yes I did go for the Unlimited product, I was just wondering in general why someone would go for a capped fibre product.

Cost. Capped products tend to be cheaper than their unlimited brothers and sisters.

I agree though, a capped fibre product is just stupid.

m5rcc

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

Cost. Capped products tend to be cheaper than their unlimited brothers and sisters.

I agree though, a capped fibre product is just stupid.

It may stupid, but not many people can afford £40/mth.

Not many people will use 120GB in a month (subsidised with no cap between 0000-0800) for £23/mth.

What's the issue?

Gordon_Hose

m5rcc wrote: »

It may stupid, but not many people can afford £40/mth.

Not many people will use 120GB in a month (subsidised with no cap between 0000-0800) for £23/mth.

What's the issue?

I just pointed out it was due to cost!!!

The issue with having caps on fibre products is that you can't use your shiny new super-quick connection to it's fullest potential. You'll always be limited to whatever your cap is.

It stands to reason that the quicker the connection the more a user will download.

m5rcc

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

I just pointed out it was due to cost!!!

The issue with having caps on fibre products is that you can't use your shiny new super-quick connection to it's fullest potential. You'll always be limited to whatever your cap is.

It stands to reason that the quicker the connection the more a user will download.

So you can go through 120Gb in a month? Wow....

I trade daily, download the odd movie, internet on 24/7 and don't go beyond 50GB. I just don't see the point to pay BT 10 times what I am paying now for crap customer service and something that is available elsewhere, at a lower price.