Free Laptop with AOL now! (merged)

woodstoke

hi, any ideas why i have to subscribe to a minimum of £29.99 to get the laptop......is it the area i live in? have you a link to the 18866 number that you ring...thanks

VIJAY_FROM_KENT

woodstoke wrote: »

hi, any ideas why i have to subscribe to a minimum of £29.99 to get the laptop......is it the area i live in? have you a link to the 18866 number that you ring...thanks

Must be your area...

Yes use http://www.call18866.co.uk/

If anyone could confirm that my thoughts on the deal with AOL is suitable/not suitable please let me know what you think... :beer:

spiderman95

Does anyone know if you can overide the AOL Pay as you talk package that comes with the Laptop so I could still use the free evening and weekend package with BT?Still not sure what do as AOL have offered me £9.99 per month package with unlimited downloads and free evening and weekend calls and only an 18 month contract but at the moment this mould be the only way I could get a laptop. Not sure of the spec and how to buy a similar one from Del for cash as other posters seem to say that one can be purchased for aprox £350.00 where are this way would work out as £240.00. Any advice apreciated. My head is hurting now trying to work out the best option!!

liam191

yeh its the area you live in, something to do with LLU i think. If you live in the hills in wales your screwed but in the city your sorted!

spiderman95

HiThanks, Yeh I do live in the city. When I phoned AOL thay told me I was connected through STANLEY for my broadband and even though it was up to 8mb I could receive 5.5mb (speed).Do I have to use a code etc to overide the AOL package and just use BT and pay for my calls through BT?Thanks

liam191

spiderman95 wrote: »

HiThanks, Yeh I do live in the city. When I phoned AOL thay told me I was connected through STANLEY for my broadband and even though it was up to 8mb I could receive 5.5mb (speed).Do I have to use a code etc to overide the AOL package and just use BT and pay for my calls through BT?Thanks

We as far as i understand if you sign up to it for example the PAYG one, which i am, all my calls will now run thru AOL and not BT so i'll just pay the BT line rental. i duno how expensive AOL calls chargers r tho! I'm ok cos i dont use my BT line for calls being a student and having free minutes but i obvisouly have to pay the line rental to get the broadband. I actually had a recorded msg call from AOL today saying my calls will be thru them but i av 2 pay for BT line rental. It doesnt clearly say on aol this is the case but unfortunately it is!!

liam191

only just understood what u said spiderman..very good question can you override onto BT...i hope so! does any1 else know?

getmeoutofhere

My calls and BT line rental are curently with The Post Office.

Will I still pay P/Office for line rental or will it either revert back to BT or transfer to AOL?

spiderman95

Hi Liam191THanks for your reply. I was just trying to work out the best option as BT are doing free evenings and weekend calls free for one year and as I will have to use them for AOL anyway I was wondering if I could still use my free calls and AOL for other calls.http://aoltalk.aol.co.uk/aoltalk/pay-as-you-go/article/20050905101509990002?n=navbar&p=aoltalk&c=aoltalkThis is the link to the Pay as you go call charges with AOL.

liam191

those prices seem reasonable but only if you spend ages on the phone...no good if you make lots of short calls? saying that i dont know cos i use my mobile and never the land line!