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

[grimmy]

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

[nostra]

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

[Graham F]

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

[badnbusy]

Originally Posted by grimmy

2) Dial up internet (my PC is too old for BB)

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!

[grimmy]

Originally Posted by Scooby

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

The monthly option. Preferably as cheap as possible

[grimmy]

Originally Posted by badnbusy

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!

Pentium 200, but windows 95

The speed just isn't a massive issue.

I'm happy with dial up.

[punky]

Originally Posted by nostra

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

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

[dilli-theclaw]

Originally Posted by punky

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

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

[nostra]

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

[Graham M]

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

[Nikko]

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

[grimmy]

Originally Posted by Nikko

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

"and min 64k RAM" ....so a commadore 64 would be fine then
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.

[Nikko]

Originally Posted by grimmy

"and min 64k RAM" ....so a commadore 64 would be fine then
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.

UVW

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

[grimmy]

Originally Posted by Nikko

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

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.

[Nikko]

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.