Updated Find the cheapest broadband discussion thread

JJ_Egan · 19 March 2020 at 11:23AM

BT Fibre means BT Open Reach fibre many ISPs use that Sky TT Plusnet etc .So price them all up .

BT OR fibre is to the local cabinet max speed circa 80 meg as opposed to higher range from VM .

TW1951 · 21 March 2020 at 2:02PM

Virgin Media increased the price of my basic TV + 300Mb Broadband + Anytime phone package from £45.00 to £72.50 per month. I phoned them, and after a 30 minute wait I spoke to someone whose best offer was £66.50 with a basic phone package. I said that was too expensive and I wanted to cancel and after another wait (40 minutes) I spoke to someone else who offered me my existing package for £53.00 (12 months). It was a chunk out of my Saturday morning but worth the waits.

astwoodbanker · 21 March 2020 at 8:15PM

We've been with Virgin for years, originally to get a decent TV service. Have now got a freeview aerial (for additional TV's) and the virgin bill rocketed to 44.50 a month. Signed up with the post office and bought a humax pvr, then got a call from virgin 'why was I moving?' Cost obviously so we're about to switch to 50mb broadband and phone line only, no TV, no phone package for £9 a month with Virgin. Guaranteed no price increases for the next 12 months. I think that's a good deal.

JJ_Egan · 22 March 2020 at 11:29AM

Is that Post Office ( resold Talk Talk) or a new VM offer ??

notional · 18 May 2020 at 4:58PM

A big up for Plusnet... I've had really bad problems with my phone line during lockdown, and they were really great. Gave me a credit to cover some BT open wifi data as a stopgap, good communication throughout between them and Openreach, I really like the ticket feature on the website where you can see the messages going between them and Openreach and even the engineer's test data.

Also my deal with them has hardly gone up in price since I moved in 9 years ago. Each year I just phone them, say I am shopping around and ask for a deal matching the one last year (or their new customer deal, or even an outrageous combo of the two on one occasion) and they say yes. My router was being annoying after 5 years, and they spent ages trying to reset it. And finally sent me a new one. Their call centre staff are chatty and friendly.

It is hard to get through on the phone atm, but keep trying. They do answer in the end.

peigi_2 · 13 June 2020 at 11:41AM

Is possible to have phone with one company and broadband with company or sim that works on laptop for surfing the the next emails etc ?

JJ_Egan · 13 June 2020 at 11:53AM

Yes but .

Most separate supply's are a lot more expensive . Take it you mean a landline phone + broadband .

Laptop yes a few take a sim / tablets more likely to take a siim or use a mobile dongle .

Really depends upon what you want to do .

K0000001 · 29 June 2020 at 8:30PM

BROADBAND SWITCHING
I have virgin media m70 for broadband and phone at the moment. Just tried all of the companies promoted on MSE and none can supply fast broadband to my address - all will supply only a very basic service which is far too slow to go on especially as need speed all day for kids at home / working. I chatted to 3 providers and all said same thing go speak to BT get them to install. But then I have to take a contract with BT. So really no choice other than BT or stay at Virgin. That's not a great consumer choice and very poor practice. As I've been on Virgin for 10 years I am in effect stuck with its high prices. What can I do? any advice please

kazdron · 14 July 2020 at 10:38PM

Has anyone heard of Quick Compare. I had a guy knock at my door saying he had been called out after complaints from local residents about broadband speeds. Ultimately he was wanting me to do a switch to EE as he said they were coming out cheapest. I haven’t switched with him but I can’t find anything out about Quick Compare when I’ve googled them. Is it a scam?

csgohan4 · 15 July 2020 at 7:48AM

kazdron said:

Has anyone heard of xxxxx. I had a guy knock at my door saying he had been called out after complaints from local residents about broadband speeds. Ultimately he was wanting me to do a switch to EE as he said they were coming out cheapest. I haven’t switched with him but I can’t find anything out about xxxx when I’ve googled them. Is it a scam?

The question is, have you done your research, what are their reviews, their speeds e.t.c ? or is your first post advertising them? If you can't find them online, why bother with them?

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