O2 broadband customer-Is Sky TV worth it ?

hubb

I am currently paying £9.50 a month for broadband plus a massive £15.45 for just BT line rental. In all I pay £24.95. My brother in law who was also an O2 broadband customer before Sky took over is only paying £19 a month and he gets broadband, phone line, Sky TV, and a free digital box to watch all the channels. Is it worth me going for this offer ? Is there a catch where they will put up the price after so long ?

I would be interested to know as I have heard bad things about not being able to get out of contracts with Sky.

Nada666

No, you, or he, will not be paying just £3.55 for broadband and Sky TV after the introductory period.

The standard price for that sort of package is £21.50 TV, £7.50 broadband and usual charge for a landline. More than £42 per month not including movie or sports channels or HD tv.

hubb

He is in a contract for one year and seems to think that's a good deal because they won't be putting it up but I see your point. I think it seems too good to be true.

sirmosh

I was with BE (O2) and went for Sky's switch offer of free broadband and TV for a year, I just pay £14.50 for line rental.

Of course once the year is up the price will go up and there's a good chance I'll drop the TV but I thought even just free broadband for a year will save me about £200 so I went for it.

All worked out great so far. I've been assured that if I want to leave when the free year is over then it won't be a problem but obviously I'll have to wait and see. If they're offering a good enough deal at the time I may well stay with them any way.

Nada666

No problem, other than the £65 to £125 a new phone line supplier will want to charge when you do want to leave Sky. As long as you have included this sum in your calculations on the cost of the offer then all is well and good.

hubb

I will just switch my BT line rental to O2 and stick with that. I have a job keeping up with what TV has and we mainly watch DVDs.

Nada666

Are O2 still selling landlines?

macman

Nada666 wrote: »

No problem, other than the £65 to £125 a new phone line supplier will want to charge when you do want to leave Sky. As long as you have included this sum in your calculations on the cost of the offer then all is well and good.

Completely misleading information. A return to donor with BT is free of charge, it just requires a 12m minimum term.
Other LLU providers may reprovision the line to get around the LLU to LLU restrictions, but if they want your business, then they'll often reduce the charge for that to between £40 and zero, depending on the tota value of the package you're proposing to take.
O2 have never just offered line rental. Line rental was only available with a broadband contract.

Nada666

macman wrote: »

Completely misleading information. A return to donor with BT is free of charge, it just requires a 12m minmum term.

A more than £372 charge to BT and twelve month wait for your desired new provider. Much better.

As to LLU to LLU, well, the whole point for many with O2 is that it is not LLU - no need to buy lots of other unwanted nonsense to be given a reasonable price. Of course if you are willing to pay £50 or £60 per month other providers are happy for your custom. But it is not a great solution for those who just want broadband.

macman

Nada666 wrote: »

A more than £372 charge to BT and twelve month wait for your desired new provider. Much better.

As to LLU to LLU, well, the whole point for many with O2 is that it is not LLU - no need to buy lots of other unwanted nonsense to be given a reasonable price. Of course if you are willing to pay £50 or £60 per month other providers are happy for your custom. But it is not a great solution for those who just want broadband.

I wasn't querying the cost you'd quoted. I was simply querying the implication that leaving an LLU service requires a new line provision.
The other option is of course to use a non-LLU provider (other than BT) instead and take the service back via them. Line provision costs are far less significant these days anyway; all the serious players (Sky, Plusnet etc) discount down to £40-50 as standard, and often to zero if you are taking a high value bundle.

hubb

So can I get a cheaper option than paying £15.45 with BT if I stay with O2 ?