orange broadband deal with currys £300 off laptop (merged)

Jakejakejake

We have orange and have no problems with it! (So Far...) had it since it was wanadoo.

dpol_2

I have been with Orange since the Freeserve days and have never had any problems with the service.

I did have an issue with being overcharged when they didn't automatically reduce my change from £17.99 to £14.99, but when I complained they reduced it to £12.99 (with no tie-ins) since I had been with them for so long.

Pity this isn't available to existing customers.

PeeJayTee

Looks like cool deal and it is ..... if the broadband service Orange provides actually works!! They migrated me to LLU service in Jan (promising ½ hour offline only ...!) after being with Freeserve and Wanadoo for years prob free. Nothing but probs since then - weeks and weeks of downtime and no broadband at all. Their Tech Support and Customer Support repeat the same mantra of unplugging cables etc etc every single time you ring them, when it turns out that it was always a fault on the line on each occasion and they were never able to give me the 8mb promised - it was only a maximum of 5mb - ever. I reached the end of the road with them couple weeks back after 3 weeks of useless speeds of 0.1mb (80 times slower than promised ... ) and I was getting it for free with the moby, so had no reason to move - other than the service received ended up going from absolutely brilliant to abysmal. I am now with Sky Broadband, enjoying speeds of over 10mb every single day - it's fantastic, even though I've chosen one of their pay options, I'd rather that than no service whatsoever. Hope it works out for all of you who take this on, but beware, those of us who've experienced the downside of Orange Broadband are not lying ..... just wait 'til you have a problem ....

trinnylilac

PeeJayTee wrote: »

Looks like cool deal and it is ..... if the broadband service Orange provides actually works!! They migrated me to LLU service in Jan (promising ½ hour offline only ...!) after being with Freeserve and Wanadoo for years prob free. Nothing but probs since then - weeks and weeks of downtime and no broadband at all. Their Tech Support and Customer Support repeat the same mantra of unplugging cables etc etc every single time you ring them, when it turns out that it was always a fault on the line on each occasion and they were never able to give me the 8mb promised - it was only a maximum of 5mb - ever. I reached the end of the road with them couple weeks back after 3 weeks of useless speeds of 0.1mb (80 times slower than promised ... ) and I was getting it for free with the moby, so had no reason to move - other than the service received ended up going from absolutely brilliant to abysmal. I am now with Sky Broadband, enjoying speeds of over 10mb every single day - it's fantastic, even though I've chosen one of their pay options, I'd rather that than no service whatsoever. Hope it works out for all of you who take this on, but beware, those of us who've experienced the downside of Orange Broadband are not lying ..... just wait 'til you have a problem ....

I have exactly the same problems. I would avoid , I have been getting a speed of 2mb and its driving me mad.. In the process of changing

Totoriko

what's their fair usage policy like?

actually found it:
What will happen if my use is very high?
If you only occasionally have very high usage, we're unlikely to be concerned unless it becomes a regular occurrence. If this does happen then we'll get in touch to help you find ways to reduce your usage.
If your usage continues to be very high, we'll get in touch again. Ultimately, if your usage still remains excessive despite our attempts to help you reduce it, we may have to suspend your service and possibly close your account.
We don't want to do that, and with your support and goodwill we'll work with you to see if we can avoid this happening.


This is very tempting. Subscribe, get £300 voucher, download as much as possible, they close the account and terminate the contract.

thirascule

Totoriko wrote: »

This is very tempting. Subscribe, get £300 voucher, download as much as possible, they close the account and terminate the contract.

Thanks for that, my wife just made me sit through Holby and I needed something to cheer me up.

Totoriko

thirascule wrote: »

Thanks for that, my wife just made me sit through Holby and I needed something to cheer me up.

LOL, no problem :beer:

honestDave_2

pudding wrote: »

Thanks ang we want a laptop for our daughter for xmas

Then I cannot stress how you should wait until closer to xmas. Technology and especially computers go down in price so much from month to month that unless you let your daughter use the computer now, there is no point buying one so far in advance.

Totoriko

honestDave wrote: »

Then I cannot stress how you should wait until closer to xmas. Technology and especially computers go down in price so much from month to month that unless you let your daughter use the computer now, there is no point buying one so far in advance.

True but then, you will never ever buy a computer if you want to wait for prices to keep dropping.
If you NEED a laptop, then go for it. I'm sure the majority don't really need a laptop anyway

lewt

Totoriko wrote: »

what's their fair usage policy like?

actually found it:
What will happen if my use is very high?
If you only occasionally have very high usage, we're unlikely to be concerned unless it becomes a regular occurrence. If this does happen then we'll get in touch to help you find ways to reduce your usage.
If your usage continues to be very high, we'll get in touch again. Ultimately, if your usage still remains excessive despite our attempts to help you reduce it, we may have to suspend your service and possibly close your account.
We don't want to do that, and with your support and goodwill we'll work with you to see if we can avoid this happening.


This is very tempting. Subscribe, get £300 voucher, download as much as possible, they close the account and terminate the contract.

that does work aswell i has it with tiscali, they dont like to let you know that they'll end the contract but they did. they dont want high users.