4PetesSake wrote on Feb 16
th, 2007 at 1:29am:
Sky recently informed us that our exchange now has LLU and as a Sky TV Customer we can have their 2 mbps Broadband free of charge or their 8mbps broadband for £5.00 per month. I would be interested to hear from anyone who has tried either of these Sky Broadband package and whether you would recommend them, or not.
We currently have 2 mbps broadband with NTL/Virgin and pay £10 per month. (Reduced from £18 because we threatened to leave for Sky) Line Rental with BT - £11 and Skytalk -£5. Total £26.00
If we leave NTL/Virgin we will save the £10 we currently pay to NTL/Virgin and our monthly costs for Line Rental/Broadband and phone will be £16 (£11 to BT for line rental, £5 for Skytalk - Unlimited Geo Calls and Free 2 mbps Broadband)
Alternatively we could cancel our BT Line Rental and Skytalk saving us £16 and Remain with NTL/Virgin for Cable Broadband and subscribe to Vonage for £7.99 a month for our unlimited Geo VOIP Calls. Total cost £17.99 (providing I can keep getting the £10 reduced cost broadband).
Whichever I do I am going to save money, either £8.01 or £10.00, but which is the better option????????
DONT LEAVE TELEWEST!!!
lol, I would personally recommend staying with TW/VM, I say that because PTSN (BT) lines are 150 years old and ADSL is too much for it in most areas, with ADSL your connection is seriously affected by other users and traffic going through the exchange, OTOH TW/VM is Fibre Optic Cables and 100% digital to the exchange and a cable to the house, If you have 2meg broadband, you will get 2 meg broadband... I have 10 Meg and I always hit the full 10 meg on usenext.
I used to have ADSL until the connection was dropping for hours at a time and we just went for cable, I can not fault it at all, and as they say, if it is not broke, DONT FIX IT!!!
Also, Sky charge you a one off activation fee of £40 for there "FREE" Broadband or £20 for the 8meg (Prob max of 3.4mbps)
Personal Recommendation:
Cancel BT Line: £11 Per Month Saved
Cancel SKYTalk: £5 Per Month Saved
Cancel SKY TV: £xx Per Month Saved (Optional)
Get Starter TV from Telewest: FREE
Get Vonage: £7.99 Per Month +20.00 for box
When you cancel sky, you will have your sky box still and you will still have access to over 100 free channels (See Freesat from sky) and Telewest free TV to existing customers (or at least did)
Really it depends if it is worth paying what you do for sky, and if you threaten to cancel, they normally throw a load of stupid offers your way too :-D
Hope this helps you.
I currently have BT phone - £11/month with Dialler to 18185/1899 etc to access good prices for European and USA calls and
PlusNet 8Mb - £21.99 (low contention) -but I need a reliable fast connection for business with good customer service. No complaints
My family wants Sky TV. If I buy the £26/month (+£11 BT line) deal can I still select my phone carrier to get the cheap calls?