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Wendelspanswick
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We are on Sky BB (FTTC) 40MBs up and down and unlimited downloads plus anytime calls and line rental.
It was £35 a month and it's been good with no outages or throttling BUT they've just put it up to £45 a month which doesn't seem quite so good so I am probably going to switch to Vodafone, need to do a bit more research first though.
It was £35 a month and it's been good with no outages or throttling BUT they've just put it up to £45 a month which doesn't seem quite so good so I am probably going to switch to Vodafone, need to do a bit more research first though.
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What's wrong with Zen? Do they speak English too well, on a non premium line? Are they too transparent in their pricing? Is the service and reliability too good?
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Whats the Price?
I would check out Vodafone thoroughly. I can't even get a signal without sure signal... And then i need to be in the same room.
My son is on talk talk and its garbage.... Problem is they won't fix it......
Can't you get virgin?
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Have a look on their web site. However, if you are buying on price alone, I fear you will be stuck with cheap providers.
https://www.zen.co.uk/
I have 150 Meg virgin but my son wants a monthly based non contract. Sensibly priced broadband only... I have heard others mention Zen before.
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We've been on TalkTalk for about 6 years now and not had any problems. I can only remember it being down twice in this time and one of those times was for one hour, the other was less. We get 18mbps (no fibre round here yet) and pay £22 per month including line rental, can't grumble in my opinion. What problems have people had with them that they haven't had with other suppliers ?
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Yes I use Sky, just got the basic £7.50 a month unlimited, only get 5.5 speed but that's better than most the other basic providers locally.
Had it for.. errrrr ??????? maybe 5 years or so and no problems at all
Had it for.. errrrr ??????? maybe 5 years or so and no problems at all
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I've been on Sky for years and, other than the odd glitch that you can get with any provider, it's been fine.
Get around 30Mb/sec for a total of £37 a month, which is (I might get these the wrong way round) £19 a month line rental and £18 a month for broadband.
Now... I was in the Vodafone shop the other day getting a sim for my son's phone, and the bloke mentioned their no-line-rental broadband deal at £23 a month. Apparently, it's zero cost line rental (we don't use the landline anyway) and for £23, nothing down, they will take on your broadband billing and offer exactly the same speed you get with Sky, BT, whomever (which makes sense as it's BT OpenReach that handles most domestic "final miles").
And he'd give me £3 a month off for the first year.
I'll probably pop in next week and get the ball rolling - £37 down to £20 a month (including line rental fees) seems a decent gig.
Get around 30Mb/sec for a total of £37 a month, which is (I might get these the wrong way round) £19 a month line rental and £18 a month for broadband.
Now... I was in the Vodafone shop the other day getting a sim for my son's phone, and the bloke mentioned their no-line-rental broadband deal at £23 a month. Apparently, it's zero cost line rental (we don't use the landline anyway) and for £23, nothing down, they will take on your broadband billing and offer exactly the same speed you get with Sky, BT, whomever (which makes sense as it's BT OpenReach that handles most domestic "final miles").
And he'd give me £3 a month off for the first year.
I'll probably pop in next week and get the ball rolling - £37 down to £20 a month (including line rental fees) seems a decent gig.
ajlelectronics
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Have you tried contacting their customer support lines? Might be worth it before signing up.
Sky routers suck and you can't use your own as they don't supply the password. It's possible to work around but it's lots of work.
Vodafone is the same too. Most other UK suppliers don't force you to use their hardware.
If you are happy with that, then the service is fine.
Vodafone is the same too. Most other UK suppliers don't force you to use their hardware.
If you are happy with that, then the service is fine.
Wendelspanswick
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That's the same offer I am contemplating.
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we just switched over to sky from virgin after over a year of less than 1mps speeds when you need it most evening, night and weekends due to there "optimisation program" now we are with sky with speeds of 34mps steady all the time so we are very happy with sky
