Know *exactly* what I want, how do I get it cheap?
 

I figured this was the best forum for this one, beacuse it covers all 3 services. If not, then I'm sorry.

I want the following from NTL
1) Phone line (on the lowest possible rental)
2) Dial up internet (my PC is too old for BB)
3) Family pack telly

No more and no less.
Now this is where I could use your help. How do I get a good deal. Do I get the best prices if I just ask for phone and internet, then let them sell me the telly, or should I come straight out and ask for what I want.

There are so many offers I'm confused:confused:

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hey again...

there WAS a deal available with ntl where if you go for the ntl family pack you had line rental free for a year, but i am not sure if that is still going, cannot find it anywhere, have the leaflet at home with a phone number on if you would like it to check

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do u want pay as u go internet or pay so much a month?

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Anything over a Pentium 100 will happily run broadband, as long as it has a USB or Ethernet port. If it doesnt you can purchase a USB/Ethernet PCI card...

If you have a PC slower than a Pentium 100 - ouch!

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The monthly option. Preferably as cheap as possible;)

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Pentium 200, but windows 95:(

The speed just isn't a massive issue.

I'm happy with dial up.

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As far as I am aware, NTL phone line rental is free with all TV packages?

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Line rental is 9.50 which you have to have with all tv packages....


edit - as in my other thread - i just signed up for ntl again today and i got 3 months line rental with that :)

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found it...

Free Line Rental For a Year..

"It's a simple deal. Take our 100 channel family pack digital tv for just £19.50 a month and we'll give you a rent free phone line for a whole year!"

however reading the small print the offer finishes 30.09.04 so chances are u cant get it now, but the number on there is : 0800 052 0948

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Ouch!? A P200, here you can have my PIII 450 for free !!!

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The offer for free line with family pack is still valid.

Unlimited dial-up is £12.49, but with a P200 upgraded to W98 (and min 64k RAM) you can get 300K (soon to be 1Mb!!) Broadband @£17.99 with 3 months @ half price - I will let you do the sums ;)

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"and min 64k RAM" ....so a commadore 64 would be fine then:D
Sorry couldn't resist. Thanks for your help

Broadband would be (9*3)+ (18*9)= 189 quid for my first year
Dial up 12.5*12=150 quid for first year

Creaky ole dial up it is then.

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UVW :)

Each to their own, but I would be spending my 9p a day (ish) difference on BB..............

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BB is something I may get eventually. But I wouldn't get the best out of it with my current set up. I'd need to uprgade to 98 and re-install everything. I'd need to get proper loudspeakers to really enjoy the multimedia aspects, and maybe a bigger monitor. And I'd really need to get at least a newer 2nd hand base unit to *really* enjoy the benefits of it.

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95 > 98 is fairly painless and does not need a format if you are careful (tho its ages since I did it) and most decent puter shops will have an upgrade disc for very few ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£ÃƒÆ ’‚£ these days.

My old 200MMX W98 still resides on the home LAN and runs BB fine.

I am sure I saw somewhere you CAN run on W95 if you use Ethernet - I may be wrong tho.

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Don't forget though that broadband is always on and you don't get disconnected after two hours. It doesn't tie up your phone line either so you can still make / receive calls whilst surfing.

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You certainly can ;)

Of my 4 boot options, one is 98SE and the other three are 95OSR2.5

All can access this place with no problems at all. :)

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Don't forget that for the forty quid or so you'll pay extra in a year for the soon to be 2meg service you won't have your phone line tied up when on-line.

And, just consider, a heavy web page will load in under a second, rather than 20 seconds :)

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NTL is the start of the problem

The cost of the 0845 call is a expensive. Find an ISP who has a geographical POP and it not on NTL's expensive list.