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herbidacious
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The amount above was for BT's fastest internet.
I have an EE mobile already.

I feel it's not worth changing for the sake of £3.50 a month.

I am wondering what the (noticeable) difference (theoretical) speed of 700-900 is as opposed to 24. (I have similar thoughts about the difference between a £50 bottle of wine and a £200 one. Very theoretical thoughts, obviously...) Of course we would have found out in France if the Orange engineers were not complete b***ards... :?
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I just asked OH what the package we have costs, it's around £84 per month.

Our previous BT package had gone up to £100 plus.

It includes OH's mobile, a booster, and also a backup box that will connect us to the mobile network when / if the broadband goes down.

Also, unlimited landlines and mobiles (UK only I think) on a digital connection. With exceptions, I believe for 0845 and 0870 and similar numbers.

I did check the international but don't remember what the charges are.

At the moment I've been using 18185 as a prefix to the international number. It is cheap for the US but Switzerland, where I call my sister, has gone up to, I think, 5p a minute.

All these charges are so appallingly opaque I'm going to have to do some serious research to work out what is what.

I'll update if I find out more!
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Can you use WhatsApp calling? Or FaceTime calling for free? No need for video if you don’t want to.
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Yes, we do that for the most part, it's true, but we haven't quite got used to the idea of no landline!

We may well come round to it in due course, as several of our friends have done.
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we did it some years ago - big saving and the only difference is that we no longer get cold calls.
before having a share of our son's internet we had a 4g router with a sim card - far more reliable than the landline we had.
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I had decided to stick with BT. Since I started looking they increased the price of the one I screen shotted by £20!

They are offering me something without complete wifi for £46ish. With for £52 ish. But also complete wifi separately for £1 a month.
Sigh.

I think I will have to ring...
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I signed up for super fast full fibre broadband with BT. Installation on the 14th. I think I just get one WiFi extender disc but they say one can have more of ones not enough . Pretty sure it won’t be. Let’s hope installation is not à l’Orange…
I kept the landline but as PAYG. I guess I can use my mobile to ring people who put you on hold for half an hour. (Hospital and doctor mainly.)
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Interesting they are offering a PAYG on landlines.

What price did you get in the end?
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£55.14 for 900mb (700 guaranteed) download/110mb upload and 'complete wifi' (a disc to amplify the signal). The landline is costing £3 a month.
They are also charging £11.99 to send out the equipment :? I guess the installation company is separate. (Openreach - separate but owned by BT.)
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Maud wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:49 am For those in London, I moved to G-Network recently. They have their own fibre network (not using Openreach infrastructure) and so far so good. They were cheaper than others I looked at. I don't bother with a landline
G network here as well, about 18 months ago, it was a bit wobbly initially but they have put a lot of work into the infrastructure and it wizzes along now.
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