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hareng

neilcr wrote: »

BT Infinity starts at £18 not £26. BT Line rental can be had for £10.75 pm. Don't forget if/when o2 get fibre I can always move back. O2 gained custom with LLU and I predict by being slow out of the blocks with fibre they can lose it just as quick. We would all probably still be on dial up internet if their was no competition.

Superimposing and not like for like!
Line rental is £14.60 undisputably a fact.
Like for like BT unlimited is BT Infinity 2 at £26 p/m just quicker speed. The £18 one is capped a few other differences, not like for like.

Even if payed line rental up front £129, works out at £10.75 p/m plus calls £4.90 p/m, it works out dearer than many other good service providers. I payed since £14.20 p/m all in for above and had cheaper chargeable calls and didnt have to cough 12 months in advance.
Lifted from their site:-
There are two ways to pay your BT landline rental. During your order, you can choose either:

• £14.60 – every month
• £10.75 – a month equivalent, when you pay 12 months in one advance card payment of £129 (Line Rental Saver)

Who would wanna go with BT any way.

See when the time comes whether you are able to migrate! Lets just say they make it extremely tough to one way or another.

espresso

hareng wrote: »

See when the time comes whether you are able to migrate! Lets just say they make it extremely tough to one way or another.

Said the person who stupidly agreed to come off the O2 legacy BB package when it was not necessary to!

hareng

espresso wrote: »

Said the person who stupidly agreed to come off the O2 legacy BB package when it was not necessary to!

I aint stupid know the facts first before commenting.

neilcr_2

hareng wrote: »

I aint stupid know the facts first before commenting.

The facts are the £18 BT Infinity is a least twice as fast a O2.
O2 are losing customers because people want fibre speeds.
When I moved to BE/O2 it was because they offered LLU speeds and they had purchased BE and ahead of the game at the time.

This reminds me of when Orange mobile took over Freeserve Internet and took it downhill in no time. O2 look like they are taking the BE internet downhill but maybe not quite as quick as Orange took freeserve down. If O2 get their act together I would consider going back but I think they are chasing the bottom of the internet market which is not where I want to go. I have just saved £10 pm by cancelling my O2 mobile sim for a better deal so that will help pay for my faster Internet with BT.
Like a lot of people these days I am not interested in either BT or O2 call packages. I did take the O2 call package a few years ago but cancelled it because the bulk of my calls are made when I am out of the house and wasted me money.

espresso

hareng wrote: »

I aint stupid know the facts first before commenting.

Other may disagree about that because the advice that you posted here was incorrect and should be completely ignored.

StevieJ

espresso wrote: »

Other may disagree about that because the advice that you posted here was incorrect and should be completely ignored.

I don't thing completely, unless you think that switching from an O2 legacy package to one of the new ones is a good idea.

espresso

StevieJ wrote: »

I don't thing completely, unless you think that switching from an O2 legacy package to one of the new ones is a good idea.

Read what I posted here again!

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SWITCH FROM A LEGACY PACKAGE TO PAY HALF OF WHAT hareng SUGGESTED here

hareng

espresso wrote: »

Other may disagree about that because the advice that you posted here was incorrect and should be completely ignored.

The only way you will stand a remote chance of staying on the old Legacy is to not change in any way what you have ie line rental, phone calls and or broadband. Then beg retentions which will then even offer a new package negating the old one.
Theres only a handful that have had success know what you want before asking.
Also worth trying Expressos method, as above know what you want, they want you off.

As regards the stupidness, as stated i got 1.7meg when lucky, at liberty of faster users taking preference and dropouts in the hundred per day. Not O2's fault its BT's alumnium cable almost 6km long.
Boots on the other foot last 14 months been FTTC at three times the O2 cost. Some of us have to just to get a connection. If still not reading it right O2 i think are a great company but dont offer any broadband services like any other ISP to me over a BT managed phone line.

espresso

hareng wrote: »

The only way you will stand a remote chance of staying on the old Legacy is to not change in any way what you have ie line rental, phone calls and or broadband. Then beg retentions which will then even offer a new package negating the old one.
Theres only a handful that have had success know what you want before asking.

You just don't get it do you! This thread is about getting a good deal on O2 Broadband (read the title) not about you, your poxy line or your need for speed.

Admit it, you gave bad advice to cd02 to do nothing and pay twice the price necessary to stay on the legacy package. cd02 obviously spoke to the wrong person - sales? but speak to retentions and they will offer the half price deal with absolutely no begging required or any pressure to change to a new package. Lots of O2 BB customers have been rewarded for their loyalty year on year, not the handful that you talk of.

Have you called O2 within the last week? This is Money Saving Expert not Money Wasting Expert and your posts in this thread are unhelpful.