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Sky broadband

Hello all

I'm currently coming to end of my contract with sky. Paying £10 per month for broadband, but have a line rental with that. So all in all it's an amazing deal, as all I want in broadband.

Following instructions form Mse site, I can't really haggle with that as there isn't any other provider which could match that?

Or should I just haggle?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

M

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  • Scrounger
    Scrounger Posts: 1,103 Forumite
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    There is a deal that can beat it:

    http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/cheap-broadband&?&_ga=1.126265476.844261005.1346991129#eeamazon
    If you pay line rental upfront. The total broadband, line rental and router delivery cost for the first year is £168, equivalent to £14/mth. Plus you get the £100 Amazon voucher. If you were going to spend that at Amazon anyway, factor it in and it's effectively £68 over the year, so equivalent to just £5.66/month.
    Scrounger
  • teddysmum
    teddysmum Posts: 9,522 Forumite
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    I paid about the same, having paid line rental in advance (£9 something) with free broadband.


    After three attempts I managed to get free line rental ,meaning £12.50 with Anytime calls (but I chose to carry on with tv).
  • Scrounger
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    How can ".. £9 something" be "about the same" as £5.66?

    And I would expect you're paying extra for Sky TV on top?

    Scrounger
  • teddysmum
    teddysmum Posts: 9,522 Forumite
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    Scrounger wrote: »
    How can ".. £9 something" be "about the same" as £5.66?

    And I would expect you're paying extra for Sky TV on top?

    Scrounger



    What a silly question. Who on earth would think that £9+ was the same as £5.66 ?


    I was referring to the OP's post.


    I am paying for tv, but it cut the broadband price from £10 to £7.50; hence the £12.50 for the phone/bb package.
  • Scrounger
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    Sorry for my misunderstanding TM.
    teddysmum wrote: »
    I am paying for tv...
    So how much is the Sky TV costing you? (if you don't mind me asking - I'm just trying to get a grasp of the overall outlay)

    Thanks, Scrounger
  • teddysmum
    teddysmum Posts: 9,522 Forumite
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    Half price for Family. I didn't push for more, as the phone/bb deal was already good, the free line rental being inflation proof .
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