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Hi folks πŸ™‚

I've been a little concerned recently by the cost of my broadband. I'm with BT and it is costing me around £100 every three months. This is the cost of the Broadband and the connection fee (which i believe is about £12-14 a month). So, doing the math i'm paying out about £35 a month in total.

Is this expensive in the grand scheme of things? I'm not really overly concerned whether i have a super fast connection, 90% of my Internet use is spent on this site which is pretty much text based. If anyone knows of a way to cut this bill (i'm sure it must be possible, BT can't be the cheapest) then please let me know. £100 isn't a massive bill but i figure if i could cut it down to £70 it'd be a lot easier to deal with when it arrives. I seem to always have big expensive plans whenever it comes through the letter box. πŸ™

Thanks in advance... πŸ™‚

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Originally posted by Marinkatomb
Hi folks πŸ™‚

I've been a little concerned recently by the cost of my broadband. I'm with BT and it is costing me around £100 every three months. This is the cost of the Broadband and the connection fee (which i believe is about £12-14 a month). So, doing the math i'm paying out about £35 a month in total.

Is this expensive in the grand scheme of thi ...[text shortened]... expensive plans whenever it comes through the letter box. πŸ™

Thanks in advance... πŸ™‚
£100 is about average for a decent service. BT are far from the cheapest but are one of the most reliable and feature packed. The cheapest Broadband services at the moment are the ones from cable/digital companies that package it in with a 3-in-1 Broadband, TV and phone service.

IF you want my advice, make sure you get a package that includes VOIP/Internet telephone services. The call charges are lower than normal, they usually give you a free phone for it and most calls are free after 18:00. Which means you'll end up paying practically nothing for calls and only the phone line rental (about £8). As for the actual package, I strongly recommend NOT choosing one of the little cheaper companies; the service is rubbish and you'll spend half your time calling their support team on a premium rate number. Go with a larger, recognised company; it'll save you money and hassle in the long run.

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Originally posted by Daemon Sin
£100 is about average for a decent service. BT are far from the cheapest but are one of the most reliable and feature packed. The cheapest Broadband services at the moment are the ones from cable/digital companies that package it in with a 3-in-1 Broadband, TV and phone service.

IF you want my advice, make sure you get a package that includes VOIP/Inte umber. Go with a larger, recognised company; it'll save you money and hassle in the long run.
Orange

17.99 per month

Broadband
VOIP phone
Mobile phone package

You don't get TV as part of it, but you'll struggle to beat the deal.

Edit: although I'm not so sure it's on sale on those terms now! http://freebb.orange.co.uk/offerinfo/

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I'm with Plus Net, very good, had no problems with them at all. £20 a month for up to 8mb speeds (depending on your telephone exchange) and 20 GB of peak time downloads a month and unlimited off-peak download a month. Even if you go over this they only slow your connection down.

www.plus.net

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Unless you're a 'super surfer', whatever that means, the actual speed is a bit of a 'con' as all broadband is a contended service anyway. (The more users on at the time, the slower it becomes.)
What's more important to those of us who download quite a lot(!?) is to have no limits, otherwise once you hit it, you go back to dial up speed until the start of the next month, or whatever period etc.
For instance, I'm on half a meg, unlimited. Ok, it doesn't sound much, but I've been on several so-called 8megs and I can hardly spot the difference. My screen is as instant as anyone else's. However, the fast speeders often have a download limit... this defeats the object somewhat.

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Originally posted by English Tal
Unless you're a 'super surfer', whatever that means, the actual speed is a bit of a 'con' as all broadband is a contended service anyway. (The more users on at the time, the slower it becomes.)
What's more important to those of us who download quite a lot(!?) is to have no limits, otherwise once you hit it, you go back to dial up speed until the start o ...[text shortened]... er, the fast speeders often have a download limit... this defeats the object somewhat.
Best user satisfaction company 2007 was eclipse. Very satisfied, as are many discerning friends. Try a web site like moneysupermarket.com (or similar) - I always find reading the reviews a good indicator. BT may give a good connection speed, but they aint the most competitive and their customer service (should things not work out) is shocking. Unless you have hours on your hands to put the call centre on speaker phone πŸ˜‰

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Which option are you on with BT? Sounds like Option 3 by what your paying, you may be able to switch to Option 1 depending on your contract.

Broadband becoming cheaper these last couple of years has unfortunately had a bad effect on the market. ISP's are going bust and service is generally getting worse.

I'd stick to BT, Plus Net (who are owned by BT now), Zen (good but expensive), Madasafish (small but very good reports).

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I've been with Plus Net for 5 years and they have been very good. They have phone packages too, that are cheaper than BT (which seems a bit odd if they are owned by BT)

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They were only taken over by BT a few months back, all the big ISP's are slowly taking over the smaller ones.

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I have TalkTalk and contrary to popular belief, after the first couple of weeks of teething troubles they've been good.
For around £20 a month which includes free land line calls [except to mobiles and premium/porno lines] and that also takes care of your BT line rental charge [about £10 a month]
Up to 8 mb speed

Best deal I ever did.

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I have TalkTalk and contrary to popular belief, after the first couple of weeks of teething troubles they've been good.
For around £20 a month which includes free land line calls [except to mobiles and premium/porno lines] and that also takes care of your BT line rental charge [about £10 a month]
Up to 8 mb speed

Best deal I ever did.
the first couple of weeks and about 5 grands worth of calls to their support people πŸ˜‰

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