Updated Find the cheapest broadband discussion thread

alexeix

Hi All,


Checking the Topcashback offers for the current BT broadband sale, it says that if you take Infinity broadband, calls and TV, you get £131.25 cashback, but it also shows that BT are giving away a £125 prepaid Visa card.
Does the £131.25 cashback include the prepaid card?
Presumably, but there's no clarification.
Thanks!

afmfifgh

frosty12345 wrote: »

=£0.85 for the year
Am I missing something?

My current deal with BT actually means they pay me so quite possibly you aren't missing anything.

If possible pay using a Santander 123 Current account and you will get cashback so should also end up being paid!

[Deleted User]

alexeix wrote: »

Hi All,


Checking the Topcashback offers for the current BT broadband sale, it says that if you take Infinity broadband, calls and TV, you get £131.25 cashback, but it also shows that BT are giving away a £125 prepaid Visa card.
Does the £131.25 cashback include the prepaid card?
Presumably, but there's no clarification.
Thanks!

You should receive both assuming the cashback tracks and is confirmed (which it doesn't always). Quidco is £140 for the same package by the way.

frosty12345

hi,

I am thinking about moving from Talk Talk LLU to sky for standard broadband (i.e. not fibre).

With talk talk I typically download at ~600KB/s to 800KB/s (5Mb/s)
(Though broadbandspeedchecker and speedtest just told me 2.3Mb/s down & 0.5Mbs/ up)

The speed estimate from sky is 1Mb/s - 3Mb/s.


Can I really expect to see a difference in speed?
Are sky just being cautious with their estimation?
I live about 1 mile from the exchange.


Thanks

[Deleted User]

frosty12345 wrote: »

hi,

I am thinking about moving from Talk Talk LLU to sky for standard broadband (i.e. not fibre).

With talk talk I typically download at ~600KB/s to 800KB/s (5Mb/s)
(Though broadbandspeedchecker and speedtest just told me 2.3Mb/s down & 0.5Mbs/ up)

The speed estimate from sky is 1Mb/s - 3Mb/s.


Can I really expect to see a difference in speed?
Are sky just being cautious with their estimation?
I live about 1 mile from the exchange.


Thanks

I guess it will vary with area but with Sky I got:
down 17
up 1.2

and with TalkTalk I get
down 16
up 0.8

So I would like to think Sky speeds would be at least as fast, but others may have a different experience. I think my prediction was 10-19 down.

The upload from TT feels very slow when emailing documents for work. I also know TalkTalk fibre medium is only 1.9 up (large is a lot higher) - I don't know why they limit the upload speed so much.

HTH

ian_h

With BT OPenreach Providers is it compulsory for phone line and broadband to be with same provider ? could you not for example have phone with say directsave and broadband with ee on the same openreach line?

Roland_Sausage

ian_h wrote: »

With BT OPenreach Providers is it compulsory for phone line and broadband to be with same provider ? could you not for example have phone with say directsave and broadband with ee on the same openreach line?

It is not compulsory, however it is the policy of a lot (the majority perhaps) of providers.

Addlepate

The MSE Broadband article says that PlusNet's deal is cheaper if you pay line rental in advance, and that no call charges are included. That appears a bit misleading.


I've just been looking at the PlusNet site, and it says that the full £15.95 line rental includes free evening and weekend calls; if you opt for the £12.99 line rental saver, the calls aren't included, so the costs aren't directly comparable. Line rental saver plus anytime calls added makes it £17.99

robertoegg

The article also makes no mention of the £50 or £70 cashback you could get through Quidco on the SSE deal.

marathonic

DavidP24 wrote: »

Best deal I ever had was

1 Years line rental
1 Years Broadband
1 Boost
1 TV Receiver
2 Poweline Lan Adaptors
1 New Router

Total cost £27 for the year! :T

Amazing deal :eek:

And to think, I was planning to switch to BT Infinity but they increased their TopCashback so I cancelled with the intention of reordering at the higher rate. If TopCashback wasn't declined, it'd have worked out at an effective £9.68 per month.

However, I'm just off the phone to TalkTalk and my new 12 month contract includes a years line rental and Superpowered Fibre for a total cost of £60.

I thought it had to be a mistake but, obviously, your deal was better.

I'm happy enough though - no risk of a decline of cashback now.