O2 legacy to Plusnet?

samizdat

Just noticed that Plusnet had an £80 Quidco cashback offer (expires about now) on FTTC (fibre) plus home phone, so I have signed up. £19.99 a month (£9.99 for 6 months), 18 month contract (early termination about £5/month), no connection fee if you take phone, 12-month line rental saver for £125, including free evening & weekend calls, £1/month for Caller Display. Didn't sign up for 1571 voicemail (thankyou Heinz). 18185 etc. allowed as prefixes.

I have been on O2 legacy (unlimited) at about 9 Megabits for £9.50 a month, with BT landline and Primus CPS.

I worry I will regret it in the long run, because Primus CPS is no longer available for new customers, nor is O2 legacy, but I have succumbed to temptation. Fingers crossed.

Edit: I see the cashback deal is still available until tonight (5 January) if anyone is interested.

Quentin

You can get your o2 bb for £ 4.75 a month. See the o2 retentions thread.

samizdat

Quentin wrote: »

You can get your o2 bb for £ 4.75 a month. See the o2 retentions thread.

Thanks, Quentin, yes I had seen that and was offered it by O2 when I requested my MAC, but am prepared to shell out (a bit) for a faster service.

I hope when my 18 months' contract is up I may get a retention deal from Plusnet, or the FTTC market might be more competitive. At the moment it just seems that BT is buying up the low-margin no-frills fibre business (via itself and its Plusnet subsidiary).

I rang Primus, my CPS provider, to see whether I needed to inform them of my phone line migration, but apparently not.

O2 have some obscure process of charging £15.32 if their MAC is "used" within 7 calendar days, apparently a payment for "express" early termination as a waiver of their right to 30-days notice, but "used" seems to mean when the transfer is effected by Plusnet. I expect it will take them longer than that, but I might hold off on giving my MAC to them for a day or two.