Dialup internet, the forgotten price rise

[Matth]

Unmetered dialup up from £10.00 to £12.49 (up 25%)
- alright, it's still not bad for an unmetered that doesn't have a "LITE" amount of hours

The real whammy for light to medium dialup users, is the LOSS of the 1p/min anytime tariff.

Weekends = 1p/min (unchanged)
Evenings = 2p/min (up 100%)
Weekdays = 3p/min (up 200%)

And no speed increase either!

Looks like they're not really interested in dial-up any more. They'll screw every penny they can out of those who won't upgrade to Broadband, while hoping that you will eventually want to jump ship and get a cable modem.

Have you thought about making the switch? You'll wonder how you ever coped with 56k ...

[zoombini]

I'm not following this, are you saying that there is no longer a 56K dialup service that I only pay for by a penny a minute through my phone bill. ??

I just signed up for something "dialuppy", in the hope of being able to keep my NTL email account names when I leave BB.

[quadplay]

It's still PAYG, but will be at the standard 3-2-1 tariff instead of flat-rate 1p/min.

[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by zoombini

I'm not following this, are you saying that there is no longer a 56K dialup service that I only pay for by a penny a minute through my phone bill. ??

I just signed up for something "dialuppy", in the hope of being able to keep my NTL email account names when I leave BB.

Even if your on dialuppy connection, you will still be able to pick up your NTL mail accounts over a new Broadband connection, just your send address will need to change from sptp.ntlworld.com to smtp.newbroadbandprovider.com

[zendawn]

I've just got the new pricing list and was disgusted to see the price rise for dialup but didnt realise that PAYG was goinig up too.
It's the same thing they did with TV Internet, upping the price for no reason, in the hope of getting people on to another platform.
How can they justify an increase when other ISP are lowering their prices?
The least they could do it take of the 2hr limit.

[Matth]

The worst thing, is if you aren't sharp, (though you SHOULD read the glossy), the first you'll know about the PAYG increase is when your next bill arrives.

Can you use www.211surf.net on an NTL line? - do you get the same 2/1/1 rate?
It's an 0844 09 number.

What rate do NTL charge 0845 at - I believe the evening rate went down on BT

You cannot use a cable phone for any of the cheap dialup services that REQUIRE a BT line.AOL is the only ISP apart from NTL that I was able to use in the end with a cable phone.

Originally Posted by SMHarman

Even if your on dialuppy connection, you will still be able to pick up your NTL mail accounts over a new Broadband connection, just your send address will need to change from sptp.ntlworld.com to smtp.newbroadbandprovider.com

absolutely - zoombini doesn't have to worry, I still have a 'pay per minute' account, I never use it, but I can still use the e-mail address to receive mail, as you say I can use another account to send. Interestingly the webspace for this account also works.

[Marge]

Originally Posted by homealone

absolutely - zoombini doesn't have to worry, I still have a 'pay per minute' account, I never use it, but I can still use the e-mail address to receive mail, as you say I can use another account to send. Interestingly the webspace for this account also works.

Just to make you aware they are looking to cancel payg accounts that aren't being used, can't remember the exact criteria of what defines a "used" account. It's either the email address being used or the account actually being used to physically dialup.

Originally Posted by Debsy42

Just to make you aware they are looking to cancel payg accounts that aren't being used, can't remember the exact criteria of what defines a "used" account. It's either the email address being used or the account actually being used to physically dialup.

You positive about that Debsy?Can you find out for definite?I'm keeping mine going by accessing through BB and using the webmail from time to time.Haven't had to use dial up for a few months.As my PAYG account is my spam & online ordering addy I'd hate to lose it.

Incog.

[ian@huth]

They will probably do the same as Freeserve, sorry, Wanadoo, and make you dial up every 90 days or so.

[danielf]

Originally Posted by Matth

And no speed increase either!

Even if they wanted, they can't increase the speed as it is determined by your dial-up modem (56k)

Originally Posted by Debsy42

Just to make you aware they are looking to cancel payg accounts that aren't being used, can't remember the exact criteria of what defines a "used" account. It's either the email address being used or the account actually being used to physically dialup.

ooh - missed that last night, thanks Debs - like Incog said, any more info you have on this would be welcome

[zoombini]

Not arf!

Go Debsy go...