05-04-2006, 16:16
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Re: June Price Rises?
They really do want their customers to switch supplier don't they.
£11 for a phone service that's now far inferior to most of the other products* on the market both price and feature wise! Oops.
*it's bowled over by freetalks product, £80 for the year including line rental and all local and national calls. Ideal for those with just BB and phone with Ntl, it'd cost you £276 for the same package with Ntl and Ntl doesn't even offer caller ID in most places!
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05-04-2006, 16:24
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#47
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Portsmouth for Uni, and Bristol
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Bristol: Telewest Supreme, 4Mbps and Talk Unlimite
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Re: June Price Rises?
So basically, phone up by 50p, base TV up by 50p, and several minority services up by significant percentages to encourage migration or bring them into line with other services. Doesn't sound too bad.
A customer taking just family pack tv and the standard phone line will pay 50p more than previously (£30 -> £30.50) , thats a 1.6% increase which is below inflation.
A customer taking just base pack tv will pay £1 more (£21.50 -> £22.50) , a 4.6% increase. However, in the past year several channels have been added to the base pack, and a cheaper select pack launched.
I don't like how they've listed the talk unlimited packages though. They say that the cost of all of them is either held or reduced, however line rental is increasing and that isn't taken into account.
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05-04-2006, 17:49
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Re: June Price Rises?
Analogue up by £2 to try and move people onto digital platform oooooooops they need to upgrade ifnrastructure first. Phoneline rise is a joke. I may actually cancel phone now even tho they will probably make it diffilcult.
Does anyone here have just tv and bb with ntl no phone?
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05-04-2006, 18:43
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Re: June Price Rises?
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Originally Posted by Shaun
They really do want their customers to switch supplier don't they.
£11 for a phone service that's now far inferior to most of the other products* on the market both price and feature wise! Oops.
*it's bowled over by freetalks product, £80 for the year including line rental and all local and national calls. Ideal for those with just BB and phone with Ntl, it'd cost you £276 for the same package with Ntl and Ntl doesn't even offer caller ID in most places!
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The way I read this is you are going to be paying more......
You require a BT land line £11 + the £80 for the VoiP + a BB connection (bt BB £17.99 pm)= £428
So how many people will change to this, not very many I can tell you. So ntl may not have caller display but you are paying an extra £150:Yi kes: for the option.
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05-04-2006, 18:59
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Re: June Price Rises?
I just wish they'd do something about the charge for the 2nd set top box - I've had mine for about 10 years now and I must of paid for it again & again & again
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05-04-2006, 19:03
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Re: June Price Rises?
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Originally Posted by welwynrose
I just wish they'd do something about the charge for the 2nd set top box - I've had mine for about 10 years now and I must of paid for it again & again & again
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In a way its not really the box you pay for but the channels.
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05-04-2006, 19:07
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Re: June Price Rises?
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Originally Posted by SLM
The way I read this is you are going to be paying more......
You require a BT land line £11 + the £80 for the VoiP + a BB connection (bt BB £17.99 pm)= £428
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No you don't, all you need is a Broadband connection.
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Originally Posted by SLM
So how many people will change to this, not very many I can tell you. So ntl may not have caller display but you are paying an extra £150:Yi kes: for the option.
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Quite a few that don't want ntl's inferior telephone service I would suspect.
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05-04-2006, 19:26
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Re: June Price Rises?
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Originally Posted by Neil
No you don't, all you need is a Broadband connection.
Quite a few that don't want ntl's inferior telephone service I would suspect.
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OK then Neil knock off £132 for not having a phone line, you still going to be paying more for in effect caller display. And re the people that would not want the telephone service I think you are wrong there.
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05-04-2006, 21:51
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Re: June Price Rises?
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Originally Posted by thelem
I don't like how they've listed the talk unlimited packages though. They say that the cost of all of them is either held or reduced, however line rental is increasing and that isn't taken into account.
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Don't forget the small print: From 01 June International Call Plan will include reduced rates to all international landline and mobile numbers. International Call Plan will no longer be included in Talk Unlimited and Talk Unlimited 24. Talk Unlimited Local and 5p Talk Plan international call rates to USA and Ireland will change to our standard international rates.
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Originally Posted by Shaun
£11 for a phone service that's now far inferior to most of the other products* on the market both price and feature wise! Oops.
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ADDITIONAL phone lines only...
Just cancel the phone service and get VoIP over the Cable Modem - I've been using it for nearly a year now no problem at all.
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05-04-2006, 22:10
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Re: June Price Rises?
I wonder if the prices of the valuepacks will stay the same....
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05-04-2006, 22:12
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Re: June Price Rises?
Frank so its possible to simply cancel the phone and keep tv/broadband?
does voip work badly if their is heavy contention at the isp?
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05-04-2006, 22:16
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Re: June Price Rises?
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
Frank so its possible to simply cancel the phone and keep tv/broadband?
does voip work badly if their is heavy contention at the isp?
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Remember Frank isn't using a UK cable provider...
With ntl you cannot have tv without a phoneline.
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05-04-2006, 22:17
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Location: Cambridge
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Re: June Price Rises?
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
Frank so its possible to simply cancel the phone and keep tv/broadband?
does voip work badly if their is heavy contention at the isp?
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No, you have to pay for a phoneline if you have TV.
You do not have to have a phoneline with broadband, however.
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05-04-2006, 22:19
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Re: June Price Rises?
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Originally Posted by SLM
OK then Neil knock off £132 for not having a phone line, you still going to be paying more for in effect caller display. And re the people that would not want the telephone service I think you are wrong there.
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That Freecalls or Freetalk (whatever it's called) is £80.00 per year-no more/no less.....
You don't need a phone line (BT or otherwise) just your BB connection & away you go.
Annual costs + Freetalk cost of £80.00 & away you go.
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05-04-2006, 22:27
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Re: June Price Rises?
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Originally Posted by Neil
That Freecalls or Freetalk (whatever it's called) is £80.00 per year-no more/no less.....
You don't need a phone line (BT or otherwise) just your BB connection & away you go.
Annual costs + Freetalk cost of £80.00 & away you go.
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I understand that Neil but you still require a BB conection which in turn adds up to £132 + £80 = £212, so I think it just swings and round-abouts.
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