Broadband/Phone line deals?

[collinsc]

Hi

I am looking for advice on good phone/internet deals. I am currently with sky and am paying:
Broadband: £17 (best offer avail).
Phoneline: £12.25

After a 20min phone conversation they finally agreed to put the price down to £12.50 for broadband for 6 months (as they could see i was serious about cancelling if no reduction was offered).

Note that my property is unable to receive Virgin (which is a big pain), and the sky 'connect' package is the best they can offer me, as 'i'm not with the local exchange' (or something).

Advice greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[joinerjohn]

All depends what speed your after and what speed they can supply. Sky always quote "Up To" speeds. They were touting for business round our way a few months ago and offered me "Up To" 20mb. (I'm with Virgin on 10mb (average speed 9.8mb)) . I asked the chap what speed I could reasonably expect in my area if I swapped to Sky, and it came out at a measly 2.5mb at most (but I'd have to pay for up to 20mb to receive they're no download limit internet.
As I play a few MMORPG games online, speed is fairly important (less of the dreaded lag).

 

[scatmanjohn]

Talk Talk.

They get a bit of bad press but i think it all depends where you live.

I get at least 9Mb and have never had any issues.

However my Dad had an issue with them overcharging him.

Its a lottery i think.

 

[big-all]

i am with talk talk unlimited phone including 0845 100 mins to mobiles and around 4mb broadband £30 or 32 with 500 mobile mins

 

[Mickymoody]

It is a lottery, if you are in an area that cannot receive Cable, and BT say your local exchange that they cannot do high speed, there is a petition that you can do, to install one (or there was), I think they needed 200 local people to complain, and then they would install high speed ADSL, into the local exchange.

Virgin media customer services in my area, with a distrubution centre down the road from me, are awful. I'm forever on the phone to them about not being able to log on to their site (still can't after a phone call to India last night), slow service, incorrect billing, or faults.

I understand the BT network, allows you to network with neighbours, and use their hub, for your service, if something breaks? Albeit at a slower speed. Similar to how Skype works.

 

[alumni]

In all probability, if you were called and informed you had won the lottery you would lodge a complaint and run out of time to claim the prize.

Nah, he'd moan his t1ts off at them and demand his Pound back.

 

[Alarm]

In all probability, if you were called and informed you had won the lottery you would lodge a complaint and run out of time to claim the prize.

More abuse. Nice. Why do it, and why aren't you banned?

I made a comment on something. If that means you think I should be banned then you must have more luck than lucky, the lucky 78784 lived cat.

 

[Steve]

To find out whose broadband you can get, go here and type in your BT number:

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange_search

It will tell you who has their equipment in your local exchange.

Sky connect sounds like 3G, which I find crap. It will hijack a mobile network such as O2 or Vodafone to deliver your "broadband".