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

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Who in their right mind would want to get stitched in to Orange for 2 years?

Orange = Lemon in the world of Broadband.:rolleyes:

geomacsco

am i missing something - stuck on one server ?
meaning telephone provider ?

if you have any (normal) telephone line (ie BT)
you can choose any bb service you like...

davecharlie wrote: »

Here in Hull we cannot use any other broadband server other than Hull's own server. Does this mean we are excluded from the Curry's laptop deal? That does not seem fair! - Dave

angieb1606

hi sorry been away right i actually have all details here for this offer anddddd its not just £300 off a laptp hubby says certain ones have more than £300 off them its a min of £300 off right the about already having braodband this is what it says

if they are still within the current providrs contract then no you cant go with them ie if you went with aol 6 months ago and signed a 12 month contract you cant get out of that contract until end of period if you have exceeded your contract then yes you can they are however asking that you phone your provider and get the mac code before going ahead with this offer
please be aware you will not be able to ake your laptop away the same day you go back to collect once your broadband has been connected orange will send you a letter to go back to the store with but you can choose and reserve your laptop the same day

angieb1606

right the packages are as follows

orange starter £14.99 per month first 3 months half price
download speed up to 2mb
download limit 2gb
calls included none
router provided standard non wireless




orange unlimited £19.99 per month first 3 months half price
download speed up to 8mb
download limit unlimited
calls included unlimited uk and inter (100 selected countries) landline calls
router provided livebox wireless router

alanclose

doozeruk wrote: »

2gb not enough what world are you living in! I admit 256mb will be poor but it will get alot of people by, especially if only for the internet. I refurbish several laptops, lots of them only Pentium 3 and less than 200mb mem, with fresh OP installations they run a dream and lots of people can get by on that.

I do get where your coming from (my lappy has just over 1gig, PLENTY) but for some this would be adequate, obvisouly if you want to be playing the latest lord of the rings, video editing or whatever don't bother, simple really.

As user1234 said. its a 2gb limit on downloads I was talking about. I would have thought that the laptop used shared memory for graphics - the rest of the series use 128mb shared. It will run like a dog.

I think the point I am trying to make still stands, look carefully at the laptop - consider upgrading or going for one of the other laptops that require the cash top up on the free offer

angieb1606

one thing i will say about broadband speed it doesnt matter what company you are with if your telephone line is an old one changing your provider wont make any difference as it will still only let you go at the speed the line can handle even if i went with orange at 8mb speed i know my phoneline will only let it go as fast as 2mb as our lines havent been updated for a while

martint123

geomacsco wrote: »

am i missing something - stuck on one server ?
meaning telephone provider ?

if you have any (normal) telephone line (ie BT)
you can choose any bb service you like...

We have normal phone lines, but provided by Kingston Communications.
BT will not provide a phone service in the Hull area. So stuck with
Karoo as an ISP.

ukscotth2

This sounds like a good deal for my mum who has no internet and no computer. For £15 a month she gets to go on the net with a free laptop, the 2mb / 2gb is a bit low but plenty for the kind of things she will be doing e.g online shopping and basic browsing.

Does anyoe know the full spec of the laptop for which you pay an extra £150 for ? cant seem to find it on there site ?

Also, what happens if you go over the 2gb allowance. I was with Orange Unlimited and they closed my accound because I was using 70GB a month bandwidth which was breaking the fair use policy.

stphnstevey

Would it be alright for general Internet use (No gaming or photo's etc)?

CL

stphnstevey wrote: »

Would it be alright for general Internet use (No gaming or photo's etc)?

I'd say it would be fine although i'd put a bit more RAM in it just to be on the safe side, 1GB will cost you less that 30 quid at crucial