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Originally Posted by ianathuth
If you read the post that you quoted again you will see that the BT together option 1 daytime rate is 3p per minute INCLUDING vat. That makes BT 30p against 35p for NTL. It would also help a comparison if you compared like with like and compared BT Together option 1 with NTL talk unlimited which are both £11.50 per month and both have 6p per hour charges for evenings and weekends.
The main factor that is missing from your comparisons is that with a BT line you have a choice of provider which can mean call rates significantly lower than those of either BT or NTL.
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I was comapring like for like.......the £9.50 package, which is all i am interested in at the moment. On BT the £9.50 package would cost 7.9p a minute on a daytime call, on Ntl it would be 3p a minute plus a 5p connection charge.
What I was getting at with Option 1......If I paid and extra £2 a month for BT option 1, then I would still be paying roughly the same for daytime calls. I would need to make 40 connection charges to make the £2 worthwhile...which is unlikely!! I use the phone very little during the evenings so the 6p is neither here or there!!
I totally accept that there are other cheaper operators through a BT line, thats great, but the flyers I am getting are from BT not other companies and in my opinion they are open to debate when they say BT is cheaper because it isnt in all circumstances, so to the unsuspecting dimwit who is on the ntl £9.50 package which is a lot cheaper than the equivilent BT Pacakge....they will come back and get a big bill!! False advertising.
They should compare all packages on the flyers and say 'You can save with BT'
not
'Think ntl is cheaper than BT, Think Again'
Despite being incredibly patronising, that is a outright lie in certain circumsatnces. The 3-2-1 package is cheaper and the Talk Unlimited 24 package is cheaper. International Plans are cheaper for certain countries, Phones add ons are cheaper if brough in bulk, A second line is cheaper (half price)
I thought BT and no thanks.........
Yes other providers provide good deals on BT lines I accept that no problem, If I had to have a BT line I would definately use another provider no doubt.