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Originally Posted by Martyn H
Could someone please advise me whether these 2 for £20 etc deals are any good as I sometimes find it difficult to spot the pitfalls amongst the hype.
The only package I'm likely to be interested in would be the 2Mb broadband plus phone.
Thanks
Martyn
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It depends - now things have got more complicated you really need to sit down and look a the figures yourself and decide what you think is good value.
If you just want phone line and 2 Meg then it's not bad - except if you actually use the phone line - then it gets expensive. The talk weekend package (which is the basic one you'll be on) is extortionate compared to using 18185 on a BT line.
If you actually want to use the phone line then I'd recommend a BT line with an account from 18185 and then get 8Meg BB from one of the cheaper suppliers (Plus.net do it for about £15.00)
Alternatively if you want any TV with it Sky suddleny come into it. If you take TV from sky at £15 you'll get 2Mbit BB* free.
You'd then need to take your phone line from BT (calls from 18185) (or Ntl if you don't mind paying over the odds) at £11.00 a month plus call charges.
To summarise-
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BT/18185 (cheapest calls around): £11 + call charges
Plusnet 8Mbit BB: £15.00
Total £26
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Ntl: 2Mbit BB + Telephone (calls expencive) £20 + call charges
Total £20
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Sky: TV (2 mixes) and 2 Mbit BB** £15
BT/18185 (cheapest calls around): £11 + call charges
Total £26
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Sky + BT look more expensive at first but when you compare the calling charges they'll probably still beat Ntl and you'll get TV in the package.
You could probably work it a different way with the use of Vonage and BB from Ntl - However you do it if you get a phone line from Ntl you'll be ripped off on phone calls.
Like I said it's a mine field - you really need to look at the figures yourself.
*assuming you're in their area
** 2GB limit a month - upgrade for£5 a month to 8Mbit with 40GB limit