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  • iansp
    iansp Posts: 50 Forumite
    Can anyone find me a deal cheaper than £25 p/m for line rental, 38mbps broadband and evening and weekend calls?
  • jb66
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    iansp wrote: »
    Can anyone find me a deal cheaper than £25 p/m for line rental, 38mbps broadband and evening and weekend calls?
    BT via quidco, £200 voucher and £80 cashback
  • wegle
    wegle Posts: 546 Forumite
    I just received my plusnet email today. Was pretty happy as I currently pay £27 per month for non-fibre broadband and only get around 5mb download. Thought this could be my chance to get out of contract and either find a cheaper deal for the ADSL or switch to virgin. Gave them a call and they initially offered to drop the broadband price in half bring my monthly bill to £23 a month. After saying I needed to have a think about it the lady went away to talk to her manager and came back to say they would offer me free broadband for 18 months if I was to recontract. This brought my bill down to £17.99 and £18.99 from June. In the spirit of money saving I decided to go for it. Pretty chuffed that a £1 increase has lead to a £8 decrease.
  • teddysmum
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    phillw wrote: »
    I was still waiting for it to arrive, but when I searched for plusnet in my inbox for another reason then I noticed that I actually had received it on the 2nd.



    I just checked. It affects everyone, at the very least the call setup charge has gone from 19p to 21p. You can leave and get the line saver refunded pro-rata.



    It does not affect everyone. My line is prepaid, so why would I want to leave to pay more elsewhere ? Broadband is free. My UK calls package means no change, as only the international supplement has increased.


    Come retention time the call saver will increase , but that will be the time to change provider (probably back to Sky).
  • teddysmum
    teddysmum Posts: 9,521 Forumite
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    wegle wrote: »
    I just received my plusnet email today. Was pretty happy as I currently pay £27 per month for non-fibre broadband and only get around 5mb download. Thought this could be my chance to get out of contract and either find a cheaper deal for the ADSL or switch to virgin. Gave them a call and they initially offered to drop the broadband price in half bring my monthly bill to £23 a month. After saying I needed to have a think about it the lady went away to talk to her manager and came back to say they would offer me free broadband for 18 months if I was to recontract. This brought my bill down to £17.99 and £18.99 from June. In the spirit of money saving I decided to go for it. Pretty chuffed that a £1 increase has lead to a £8 decrease.



    Why not save more by using line rental saver ?


    I pay the equivalent of £15.49 for line (paying in advance) with 99p for caller display and £8 for calls with free broadband, so £24.48 all in. The new line rental saver will work out at £16.49, saving you £2.50 from June.
  • fifthofwhisky
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    edited 11 May 2017 at 2:01PM
    jb66 wrote: »
    BT via quidco, £200 voucher and £80 cashback

    It's a good deal but there isn't there an initial charge of £59.99 (£50 activation fee and £10 for the box)? Not sure if it's possible to opt out if you have your own router.
  • spud17
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    It's a good deal but there isn't there an initial charge of £59.99 (£50 activation fee and £10 for the box)? Not sure if it's possible to opt out if you have your own router.

    I used this deal back in March after Sky couldn't give me a decent deal.

    Unlimited Infinity 1.

    £28.99 x 12 = £347.88 + £60 (setup and router delivery) =£407.88
    £200 BT Reward card and £80 Topcashback = £280

    £407.88 - £280 = £127.88
    Equal to £10.66/mth for 51.5 Mbps, Line rental, Weekend calls, caller display. :T
    Sky worked out at £30/mth, no line rental saver and not even a weekend call package
    At that money I can afford to let it run on at the full rate after the 12 mth minimum term in the hope of one of the others coming up with a good deal.
    Move along, nothing to see.
  • teddysmum
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    spud17 wrote: »
    I used this deal back in March after Sky couldn't give me a decent deal.

    Unlimited Infinity 1.

    £28.99 x 12 = £347.88 + £60 (setup and router delivery) =£407.88
    £200 BT Reward card and £80 Topcashback = £280

    £407.88 - £280 = £127.88
    Equal to £10.66/mth for 51.5 Mbps, Line rental, Weekend calls, caller display. :T
    Sky worked out at £30/mth, no line rental saver and not even a weekend call package
    At that money I can afford to let it run on at the full rate after the 12 mth minimum term in the hope of one of the others coming up with a good deal.
    But the £28.99 month (site says £29.99) is not the full price. After the minimum term the price will be £47.49, so much dearer than Sky.
  • spud17
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    edited 12 May 2017 at 11:30PM
    teddysmum wrote: »
    But the £28.99 month (site says £29.99) is not the full price. After the minimum term the price will be £47.49, so much dearer than Sky.

    Site may say £29.99, mine is definitely £28.99, I have screen print.:)
    Sky minimum term was 18mths, which all three CS people were vague about until pressed.
    BT minimum term is 12 mths.
    Yes, £47 a month after month 12, but I'm making such a saving that I don't have to look for a deal in month 13.
    Just done very rough calculation, after 18 months I would have paid BT £416, (£127.88 from previous post + 6mths at £48)
    18 mths with Sky at £30/mth would be £540 + activation, and not even weekend calls or caller display.

    Here's the deal, plus I've received £80 from Topcash, could have been more but was reduced because I already had BT line rental.
    http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/unlimited-infinity-1-52mb-unlimited-weekend-calls-200-mastercard-reward-prepay-card-2635206?page=1#comments
    Move along, nothing to see.
  • teddysmum
    teddysmum Posts: 9,521 Forumite
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    spud17 wrote: »
    Site may say £29.99, mine is definitely £28.99, I have screen print.:)
    Sky minimum term was 18mths, which all three CS people were vague about until pressed.
    BT minimum term is 12 mths.
    Yes, £47 a month after month 12, but I'm making such a saving that I don't have to look for a deal in month 13.
    Just done very rough calculation, after 18 months I would have paid BT £416, (£127.88 from previous post + 6mths at £48)
    18 mths with Sky at £30/mth would be £540 + activation, and not even weekend calls or caller display.

    Here's the deal, plus I've received £80 from Topcash, could have been more but was reduced because I already had BT line rental.
    http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/unlimited-infinity-1-52mb-unlimited-weekend-calls-200-mastercard-reward-prepay-card-2635206?page=1#comments



    I see. You don't mean to stay with BT at full price, but the saving makes you feel that you can afford to drift for a short while, to wait for other deals to improve.


    Sky seem ready to make deals for you to return, though , as was suggested by a cs person I spoke to the other day. He said they would finance an early move by up to £100, so with no early leave to be paid for, there is haggle room.
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