Doing The Maths

[testcard]

I subscribe to Base Pack & Talk Unlimited 24 for a yearly cost of £432.00

If I change to Freetalk and Freeview my first years cost would be around £150
by purchasing the equipment and the around £80 for the following years.

I would loose the following, but save £280+ in the first year and £350 onwards.

Sky One
SkyMix
Uk BrightIdeas
British Eurosport
At The Races
Bloomberg
Free servicing after one year

As sport is of no interest and Sky 3 is coming to Freeview and the telephone would a second line the choice seem obvious.

Theres a lot more channels than that you will not get

[Toto]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Theres a lot more channels than that you will not get

A shed load more.

[testcard]

I missed
Living TV
Boomerang
Cartoon Network
VH1
plus shopping

It seems a lot more to pay for very little extra real content.

[testcard]

You could get get sky+ and Freetalk for £447.50 for a year.

That is £15.50 more than ntl base and 24 unlimited phone cost.

Plus I get movies, an estate of sheds and pvr.

[bob_builder]

Originally Posted by testcard

I subscribe to Base Pack & Talk Unlimited 24 for a yearly cost of £432.00

If I change to Freetalk and Freeview my first years cost would be around £150
by purchasing the equipment and the around £80 for the following years.

I would loose the following, but save £280+ in the first year and £350 onwards.

I assume that having Broadband is a requirement that you have taken into account for Freetalk.

It is also worth pointing out that you will not get emergency 999 calls on Freetalk.

[testcard]

Originally Posted by bob_builder

I assume that having Broadband is a requirement that you have taken into account for Freetalk.

It is also worth pointing out that you will not get emergency 999 calls on Freetalk.

Cheers, this is a second phone as we have a BT line

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by testcard

Cheers, this is a second phone as we have a BT line

Which BB package are you on with Ntl? If you already have a BT line it may be cheaper for you to look at someone like plusnet as they are doing 2Mbit for £14.99

Just worth a mention.

P.s. if you already have a BT line then www.1899.com is also worth a look.

[testcard]

Originally Posted by Shaun

Which BB package are you on with Ntl? If you already have a BT line it may be cheaper for you to look at someone like plusnet as they are doing 2Mbit for £14.99

Just worth a mention.

P.s. if you already have a BT line then www.1899.com is also worth a look.

On 3mb BB from ntl waiting for 10mb!
So sticking with them.
It all down bangs for bucks.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by testcard

On 3mb BB from ntl waiting for 10mb!
So sticking with them.
It all down bangs for bucks.

Looks like your with the wrong company then

Ntl = £37.99/3Mbit = 12.66 per Mbit
Plusnet = £14.99/2Mbit = 7.49 per Mbit
Bulldog* = £29.50/8Mbit = 3.68 per Mbit

*Bulldog includes your phone line

[bdav]

Your case for bulldog might be convincing were it not for your sig....

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by bdav

Your case for bulldog might be convincing were it not for your sig....

They have their issues just like every other ISP. They were used to give an idea of "bang for buck" with alternative suppliers.

*notes which site he's typing this on

[SLM]

The one thing I can think of that is wrong with these new very fast ISDN ISP's is that there are still a lot of areas covered by BTs network that can not cope with speeds faster than 1meg?
This may be the case why they are cheap!
But if you are in one of those areas all I can say is you lucky sod...LOL

[bob_builder]

Originally Posted by SLM

The one thing I can think of that is wrong with these new very fast ISDN ISP's is that there are still a lot of areas covered by BTs network that can not cope with speeds faster than 1meg?

In some BT areas you are still lucky if you can get 512k!