Outfox Energy and Econ 7 - any pitfalls?

lilac_dawn

@Swipe @dave_dph you have persuaded me - I fixed with UW so fingers crossed it all goes smoothly. 

lilac_dawn

... and £75 has been tracked with quidco too for bundling with UW

hareng

"Re BB: you're right, but it's a lot cheaper. £36.40 to include off peak calls. I'm currently paying close to £50 and that's without calls. "

Presume thats inferior FTTC as well, either way that cost is exceptionally high and due to rise twice in next 18 months with the annual price hikes £6 to £8 per month making that £42.40 to £44 per month by 2027.

All these price compare sites only list those that pay to be listed, there may be other ISP far cheaper and offer customer service unlike the biggies. 

Should be looking in region £22 with phone line for FTTP 100meg with no annual price hikes. 
Told a neighbour last week getting ripped off by Virgin blurb and sales patter signed up paying £80 per month and thought that was a bargain saving £10 over Sky. Then told could get the same for £63 per month and have customer UK service 24/7, not happy.

Shop around

Swipe

lilac_dawn said:

@Swipe @dave_dph you have persuaded me - I fixed with UW so fingers crossed it all goes smoothly. 

Makes sense financially for anyone with a few storage heaters. I'll be following you 2nd week of October when my E.On Next fix 49 day period begins.

dave_dph

lilac_dawn said:

@Swipe @dave_dph you have persuaded me - I fixed with UW so fingers crossed it all goes smoothly. 

Just keep on eye on the account and make sure they've set you up as economy 7, with charges correctly aligned to respective night and day reads.

Mister_G

OP - just be aware that your UW/Talk Talk broadband will come over the same Openreach infrastrucure.  If it is this that is problematic, then your broadband issues may still continue.

lilac_dawn

hareng said: he

"Re BB: you're right, but it's a lot cheaper. £36.40 to include off peak calls. I'm currently paying close to £50 and that's without calls. "

Presume thats inferior FTTC as well, either way that cost is exceptionally high and due to rise twice in next 18 months with the annual price hikes £6 to £8 per month making that £42.40 to £44 per month by 2027.

All these price compare sites only list those that pay to be listed, there may be other ISP far cheaper and offer customer service unlike the biggies. 

Should be looking in region £22 with phone line for FTTP 100meg with no annual price hikes. 
Told a neighbour last week getting ripped off by Virgin blurb and sales patter signed up paying £80 per month and thought that was a bargain saving £10 over Sky. Then told could get the same for £63 per month and have customer UK service 24/7, not happy.

Shop around

I did and UW on no comparison sites. I think it’s £25 for broadband. I took the add-on for calls but I can cancel that if I don’t use it. No price hikes mid contract with UW so I think it’s OK and will be saving quite a bit. 

lilac_dawn

Mister_G said:

OP - just be aware that your UW/Talk Talk broadband will come over the same Openreach infrastrucure.  If it is this that is problematic, then your broadband issues may still continue.

Yes I figured this but BT customer is so bad it makes sense to pay less for the same service elsewhere! 

lilac_dawn

@dave_dph I am assuming that my Econ 7 times will the same as with my old provider, EDF? Also, do you - or anyone - know how to read my smart meter if I post a pic, so I can check all is well? 

dave_dph

Times should be the same. EDF installed my smets2 meter and my ec7 times have always been BST 01:34 to 08:34 and GMT 12:34 to 7:34, no matter which supplier I've been with since.
Which meter do you have?