Best option for a new landline

Horizon81

My friend lives in a house that has no phone line whatsoever so will need a new line installing.

BT charge £130 for connection and £129 for a year up front line rental, 12 month contract. Or..
They charge £40 for connection, and £129 for a year up front line rental, but you have to sign an 18 month contract so presumably after the 12 months you'd then have to pay 6 months at their monthly line rental or another year in advance.
Either way, these 2 options work out about the same.

Does anyone have any experience of using a different provider to install the line? I know it all gets done via BT Openreach, however is it worth using TalkTalk or a cheaper provider to set the new line up? If so, who is recommended?

macman

Yes it is. Why pay BT prices? Plusnet charge about £49 last time I checked, similarly Sky.
Do a exchange search on https://www.samknows.com for your available LLU providers.

jhp

Post Office Homephone charge £60 but unlike Plusnet dont require you to take their broadband to get phone service.

Plus and its a good one they dont have a minimum term.So your free to leave whenever.

http://www.postoffice.co.uk/broadband-phone/home-phone-broadband/home-phone/getting-connected

Horizon81

Well talktalk are looking the cheapest and best value. Are they realllly that bad?!

DantheMan

Horizon81 wrote: »

Well talktalk are looking the cheapest and best value. Are they realllly that bad?!

after speaking in another thread about TalkTalk i would say they are that bad, you pay for a cheap service and that's exactly what you get!

I would advise staying away from them

macman

Horizon81 wrote: »

Well talktalk are looking the cheapest and best value. Are they realllly that bad?!

'Cheapness' and 'best value' are not synonymous...
As you'll find out with TT if you ever have billing or service issues.