Updated Find the cheapest broadband discussion thread

michaels

Most of the broadband deals seem to be 18 months - if I sign up to a new one before the start of April will I be subject to two inflation busting price increases?  Doe sit make more sense to wait until after the start of April?

biscuitbob

Just wanted to highlight a great TalkTalk broadband offer that I don't think is very well-known. 
I pre-pay for a year in advance, and get a much cheaper rate. £246 for 12 months (so £20.50/m equivalent), for their Fiber 35 plan. 
I just renewed today for another year, and was expecting it to increase, but it's the same £246 it's been for the last TWO YEARS! I've always found the speed and connection fine and had no issues. I believe this is available to all customers, new or existing, but not 100% sure on that. 
To get this I called 03451720044, and when I mentioned pre-paying for a year upfront for a discount, they had to transfer me to another person. That person confirmed the offer price and then sent me an email, which I had to confirm I'd received, and then they completed the payment over the phone. I hope this helps someone! 

Doc_N

biscuitbob said:

Just wanted to highlight a great TalkTalk broadband offer that I don't think is very well-known. 
I pre-pay for a year in advance, and get a much cheaper rate. £246 for 12 months (so £20.50/m equivalent), for their Fiber 35 plan. 
I just renewed today for another year, and was expecting it to increase, but it's the same £246 it's been for the last TWO YEARS! I've always found the speed and connection fine and had no issues. I believe this is available to all customers, new or existing, but not 100% sure on that. 
To get this I called 03451720044, and when I mentioned pre-paying for a year upfront for a discount, they had to transfer me to another person. That person confirmed the offer price and then sent me an email, which I had to confirm I'd received, and then they completed the payment over the phone. I hope this helps someone! 

Thanks for posting that. My TalkTalk contract’s up soon and it’s another one to add to the negotiation strategy!  Currently £21 pm with 24/7 free calls on Fibre 65, but getting anywhere near that’s going to be tricky.

2pints

Anyone had any joy of haggling with BT when out of contract? Don't want to leave as cannot afford any downtime due to family members working from home and never had a problem with them either. Cannot get Virgin  or 5G in my area, so limited to Openreach type companies to threaten a move.
cheers

andyhicks88

Given that Plusnet are the same company and use the same hub, I don't see you would risk any more downtime with them than BT and they are cheaper....so just switch to them.

makara

I know broadband prices are going up / have gone up recently, but still...

Am currently with NOW Broadband / getting 80 Meg fibre AND unlimited anytime landline and mobile calls since the last 15 or so months for £20 per month (yes...)

Recently notified it's going up to £23.50 from next month as they can't sustain the price freeze they've kept since the last couple of years (fair enough) 

But looking at other providers with either ADSL or Fibre broadband...they all seem to be AROUND the mid to late £20s per month for broadband only...

...but anytime calls is an additional £8 or more!

Has broadband plus anytime calls shifted universally to around £35 per month from virtually all providers??

(I'm obviously not factoring in cashback deals here from Quidco or Top cashback) 

Thanks - and if anyone knows of good deals with broadband plus anytime calls - please let us know

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makara said:

I know broadband prices are going up / have gone up recently, but still...

Am currently with NOW Broadband / getting 80 Meg fibre AND unlimited anytime landline and mobile calls since the last 15 or so months for £20 per month (yes...)

Recently notified it's going up to £23.50 from next month as they can't sustain the price freeze they've kept since the last couple of years (fair enough) 

But looking at other providers with either ADSL or Fibre broadband...they all seem to be AROUND the mid to late £20s per month for broadband only...

...but anytime calls is an additional £8 or more!

Has broadband plus anytime calls shifted universally to around £35 per month from virtually all providers??

(I'm obviously not factoring in cashback deals here from Quidco or Top cashback) 

Thanks - and if anyone knows of good deals with broadband plus anytime calls - please let us know

It’s very much a case of what you can negotiate personally now. Your £23.50 sounds very competitive, given the anytime calls. I did manage to negotiate TalkTalk down to £20 for the same recently after they jacked it up to £35, but it took some doing and I was on the point of switching.

makara

I did manage to negotiate TalkTalk down to £20 for the same recently after they jacked it up to £35, but it took some doing and I was on the point of switching.

Thanks - and that is amazing.  For the first time ever I had to speak to Talk Talk on behalf of some friends, and to say the customer service and phone lines to them were awful would be an understatement! Kept getting cut off as if on purpose... 

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makara said:

I did manage to negotiate TalkTalk down to £20 for the same recently after they jacked it up to £35, but it took some doing and I was on the point of switching.

Thanks - and that is amazing.  For the first time ever I had to speak to Talk Talk on behalf of some friends, and to say the customer service and phone lines to them were awful would be an understatement! Kept getting cut off as if on purpose... 

I do agree. The customer service is pretty dire, particularly on the technical side, and that's doubtless why it's possible to screw decent deals out of them.  I've been with them for close on 20 years now, with a gap in the middle when I tried a couple of others like BT which were no better.  To be fair to them, the service has been reliable and fast and I haven't needed any technical help for years, and that's why I stay with them.  I doubt I could get that price from any other company.

If funds were unlimited I'd move to Zen - it's the only decent one out there.

jaceyboy

My TT contract is up next month after 18 months, they want me to go from £23.95 p/m to £29.95 p/m, called them up and best they will do is £27.00 p/m, this is for Fibre 65 which gives me speeds of around 51mbps, any deals around?