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Old 27-09-2016, 09:21   #331
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How is it accurate to say that? You only pay for the broadband. Only the ADSL has a line rental charge.

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Fall for what exactly?
Your paying an inflated broadband price to cover the landline. Vodafone are advertising like they are doing us a favour by having no landlines charges
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Old 27-09-2016, 09:30   #332
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Your paying an inflated broadband price to cover the landline. Vodafone are advertising like they are doing us a favour by having no landlines charges
Yes that is the way l see it as well.
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Old 27-09-2016, 09:38   #333
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Re: More price rises

Well it is still cheaper than most and its working as they are getting a lot of new customers from it.

As they were charging £20 for 38 and £25 for 76 with £18 line rental or now £25 or £22 if existing customer then £28 76 it's not really inflated at all.
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Old 27-09-2016, 09:59   #334
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Well it is still cheaper than most and its working as they are getting a lot of new customers from it.

As they were charging £20 for 38 and £25 for 76 with £18 line rental or now £25 or £22 if existing customer then £28 76 it's not really inflated at all.

So now they charge the same as other providers like talktalk
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Old 28-09-2016, 14:52   #335
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So now they charge the same as other providers like talktalk
Don't you mean "provider"? I don't think any other providers are as cheap as TalkTalk and Vodafone are for fibre.
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Old 28-09-2016, 18:17   #336
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Depends if you take account of introductory offers and bundles.
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Old 28-09-2016, 18:43   #337
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Re: More price rises

Been looking around at alternative suppliers (e.g. BT) and what's available here in theory and in practice are very different so that's altered the equation a little. I can get their ordinary BB but Infinity is at full cabinet capacity right now and who knows how long that'll be the case.

If I ditched Tivo/TV XL (if that's possible) I don't suppose that'd make much of a difference in our monthly bill would it? We'd be left with just phone and BB in that event.

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Have you looked into VOIP services such as Vonage or Sipgate? You could port one of your numbers (or maybe both if you got a new line installed) and only pay one line rental - or just take VM broadband and no line rental at all. Plus you wouldn't have to worry about losing your numbers when you move
Sorry I didn't see this earlier. I'm not sure what any of this means, sorry. I'd certainly want to keep our existing numbers if we were to move but no idea if that's possible.

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Old 28-09-2016, 19:03   #338
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Sorry I didn't see this earlier. I'm not sure what any of this means, sorry. I'd certainly want to keep our existing numbers if we were to move but no idea if that's possible.
VOIP services essentially deliver telephony via your broadband connection. You can connect your existing handset into an adapter box which then connects via ethernet to your modem/router. Once you've ported your number to a VOIP provider, you could theoretically connect your phone anywhere in the world and use the same number - so even if you moved to a different area code it would make no difference to your number.
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VOIP services essentially deliver telephony via your broadband connection. You can connect your existing handset into an adapter box which then connects via ethernet to your modem/router. Once you've ported your number to a VOIP provider, you could theoretically connect your phone anywhere in the world and use the same number - so even if you moved to a different area code it would make no difference to your number.
Now I see. Thanks.
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Old 28-09-2016, 21:34   #340
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got my email going up £3.49 here
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Old 28-09-2016, 21:50   #341
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I have a contract for 12 months. So will it effect me.
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Old 28-09-2016, 21:55   #342
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I have a contract for 12 months. So will it effect me.
yes, but VM have broken your contract so you can tell them to do one
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Don't you mean "provider"? I don't think any other providers are as cheap as TalkTalk and Vodafone are for fibre.
They are all pretty cheap when you get a new customer offer
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Old 28-09-2016, 23:21   #344
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My sky install date is tomorrow. Everything was going smoothly until sky rang this morning saying openreach have notified them they are cancelling the visit due to detecting a previously active line at the address and they will activate remotely. I wanted them to move my master socket as it's in a room that my wife used for her business and is not suitable to use for the hub/phone (now baby's bedroom). Bet I'm going to have to fork out for a visit myself now.
If this causes a problem just switch on the (currently unofficial but working) powerline function on all devices.

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Well all my sky q services are up and running. It's very impressive. Streets ahead of the TiVo. Also, even though my download speed is about 8 times slower, web browsing is noticeably quicker. Almost instant on most pages. The 4K content is better than I imagined. Be a shame to probably have to give it up in a year's time unless I can cut another deal.
If this year is like next year then you will get very good deals as long as you phone to renew early i.e. between mid-August and mid-September.
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If this year is like next year then you will get very good deals as long as you phone to renew early i.e. between mid-August and mid-September.
I really don't expect Sky to offer great deals for customers with Sky Q as they own the kit and could just take it away.

Time will tell i guess.
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