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plusnet v tiscali
08-08-2007 9:13 AM
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she has a low spec pc so will be using it for surfing the net & emails. i would like to refer her to plusnet, however she has seen an offer by tiscali for a bundle £14.99/mth with 2Mbs & free phone line rental.
she is a public service worker so cost is important. the thing i can't get my head around is they say the line rental is free which you would normally have to pay BT £10/mth.
i would like to suggest plusnet but if she has to pay BT line rental choosing plusnet would be an additional £10/mth.
is this tiscali offer to good to be true?
is there an equivalent plusnet product?
Re: plusnet v tiscali
08-08-2007 9:18 AM
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She would be able to use Broadband Your Way, Option 1 (which sounds ideal for her usage), with Home Phone Evenings and Weekends. This would come to £20.99 a month. There would be no need to pay line rental on top of this.
I'd note a few things though.
- From the Tiscali website: "Please note: This package is available to 52% of all UK homes. If this product is not available in your area then you will be offered a discounted alternative so you can still enjoy savings on your line rental." So it may not be possible for your sister to get this service.
- They don't have a Comms Team, let alone the Comms Cat!
- This link shows how we compare to Tiscali.
- We suppply upto 8Mbps as standard.
- There's also some other reasons why7 we feel that we would be able to offer her a better service which you can see from this link.
Any questions, then do please shout
Re: plusnet v tiscali
08-08-2007 9:28 AM
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how is it that line rental is not required? i thought BT justified this as a maintenance charge for their copper wires.
i have a premier account & have to pay BT seperately. is it only the broadband/phone packages that benefit from this?
Re: plusnet v tiscali
08-08-2007 9:29 AM
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Re: plusnet v tiscali
08-08-2007 9:39 AM
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the option 1 is i think 1Gb download/mth. what happens if she requires more than this?
Re: plusnet v tiscali
08-08-2007 9:40 AM
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Re: plusnet v tiscali
08-08-2007 9:41 AM
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Alternatively BBYW allows for switching between the products with no upgrade/downgrade charges.
Re: plusnet v tiscali
08-08-2007 9:44 AM
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or if you go over your allowance, you are automatically billed for the extra amount?
Re: plusnet v tiscali
08-08-2007 9:46 AM
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Re: plusnet v tiscali
08-08-2007 1:04 PM
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jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler) Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!) Broadband: Andrews & Arnold Home::1 (FTTC 80/20) Line rental: Pulse 8 Home Line Rental (£14.40/month) Mobile: iD mobile (£4/month) |
Re: plusnet v tiscali
03-09-2007 1:59 PM
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Quote from: James - We suppply upto 8Mbps as standard.
Although you may need to give BT a poke ...
Living in the sticks my speed runs at about 2Mbps (recorded as 1.4 on thinkBB, but there's a lot of overhead ATM)
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/118882324361222721875.html
This is nothing to do with Plusnet - It's BT playing silly bu##ers, and moaning that:
- it's all to do with age of cable
- and distance from exchange
- and we won't guarantee you get any reasonable service anyways - we'll just charge you for it
Is there anything that _can_ be done to slap them? 21CN isn't planned until the tail end of 2011!
Expected speeds can be gauged from http://www.samknows.com/broadband/checker2.php
Downstream SNR Margin 15dB, Attenuation 54dB so not a lot of room to _try_ faster speeds. grumble grumble
Skeg
Re: plusnet v tiscali
25-09-2007 4:18 PM
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Re: plusnet v tiscali
27-09-2007 10:55 AM
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Quote from: joncooper their billing department keeps records that bear no relation to reality
From what I've read on TB/AG they'll get on well with the accounts dept of their latest purchase - Pipex Internet
Re: plusnet v tiscali
08-10-2007 11:42 AM
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