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Jan 15 2014, 10:31 AM
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Hi Everyone, Hope your all well, I have not been on here for a while, nice to see the same old people still at each others throats.... Question for you, hoping you can help. I pay £56 a month for my Sky on Demand which includes Kids/Movies etc but not Sport, half price line rental until April, and unlimited broadband. Would you say that is a good deal? Does anyone else have a better deal with a different supplier? Thanks all, Amie
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Jan 15 2014, 11:49 AM
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QUOTE (AmieB @ Jan 15 2014, 10:31 AM) Hi Everyone, Hope your all well, I have not been on here for a while, nice to see the same old people still at each others throats.... Normally the best deals are to new customers only on those stupid leaflets. We have Virgin at our house (I don't use it) and I think that's £70 a month with sport and I believe unlimited broadband (or with a very high download limit).
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Jan 15 2014, 07:53 PM
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QUOTE (AmieB @ Jan 15 2014, 10:31 AM) Hi Everyone, Hope your all well, I have not been on here for a while, nice to see the same old people still at each others throats.... Question for you, hoping you can help. I pay £56 a month for my Sky on Demand which includes Kids/Movies etc but not Sport, half price line rental until April, and unlimited broadband. Would you say that is a good deal? Does anyone else have a better deal with a different supplier? Thanks all, Amie It all depends what you want of course, but we don't have a TV and just have broadband. We watch a bit of telly on iPlayer (and some on the ITV catch-up too) and buy the odd DVD. We don't currently have unlimited broadband and I think it would be cheaper to go for that - I think that would be around £25. Not having a TV also saves on the TV licence of course. The down-side is that there's stuff we can't watch, but in general it's not anything we miss.
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Right an injustice - give Simon Kirby his allotment back!
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Jan 15 2014, 07:54 PM
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QUOTE (AmieB @ Jan 15 2014, 10:31 AM) Hi Everyone, Hope your all well, I have not been on here for a while, nice to see the same old people still at each others throats.... Question for you, hoping you can help. I pay £56 a month for my Sky on Demand which includes Kids/Movies etc but not Sport, half price line rental until April, and unlimited broadband. Would you say that is a good deal? Does anyone else have a better deal with a different supplier? Thanks all, Amie I'm not sure if you are including the landline charge as that is normally on top of the broadband. I pay for sky+ HD but without sport and BT unlimited excluding calls, about £95.00 a month. That includes the landline charge. I have had that package for quite a while so do not benefit from any 'new customer' deals. BT unlimited does give you free sports, email accounts and a high speed connection. 40mbs download and 8mbs upload. In the four years I have been with BT their service has been excellent with discounted upgrades and new kit. The price you pay is less important in my view, than the service you get.
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Jan 15 2014, 08:19 PM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jan 15 2014, 07:53 PM) It all depends what you want of course, but we don't have a TV and just have broadband. We watch a bit of telly on iPlayer (and some on the ITV catch-up too) and buy the odd DVD. We don't currently have unlimited broadband and I think it would be cheaper to go for that - I think that would be around £25. Not having a TV also saves on the TV licence of course. The down-side is that there's stuff we can't watch, but in general it's not anything we miss. Beware to watch I-player I believe you need a licence - certainly if you watch any programmes as they are transmitted
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Jan 15 2014, 09:40 PM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jan 15 2014, 07:53 PM) It all depends what you want of course, but we don't have a TV and just have broadband. We watch a bit of telly on iPlayer (and some on the ITV catch-up too) and buy the odd DVD. We don't currently have unlimited broadband and I think it would be cheaper to go for that - I think that would be around £25. Not having a TV also saves on the TV licence of course. The down-side is that there's stuff we can't watch, but in general it's not anything we miss. As you may already know, "You need to be covered by a valid TV Licence if you watch or record TV as it's being broadcast. This includes the use of devices such as a computer, laptop, mobile phone or DVD/video recorder."http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/
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Jan 15 2014, 09:44 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jan 15 2014, 09:40 PM) As you may already know, "You need to be covered by a valid TV Licence if you watch or record TV as it's being broadcast. This includes the use of devices such as a computer, laptop, mobile phone or DVD/video recorder."http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/Yeah and they will know what you are watching. I doubt your ISP would give them that info.
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Jan 15 2014, 10:13 PM
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QUOTE (Exhausted @ Jan 15 2014, 09:44 PM) Yeah and they will know what you are watching. I doubt your ISP would give them that info. No but someone who doesn't care for Simon too much might like to know though.
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Jan 15 2014, 10:44 PM
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QUOTE (MontyPython @ Jan 15 2014, 08:19 PM) Beware to watch I-player I believe you need a licence - certainly if you watch any programmes as they are transmitted You do indeed need a licence to watch live programmes on iPlayer (programmes available on iPlayer at the same time they are available over the microwave ether as it were), which I don't. You do not need a licence to watch everything else.
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Jan 17 2014, 10:16 AM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jan 17 2014, 09:24 AM) Just done a price compare and Primus seem to be the best (cheapest) deal around here. Has anyone got any experience of this ISP? Check out www.ispreview.co.uk, that may give you and the OP some useful info in case she wants to split her providers of phone, BB & TV.
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Jan 17 2014, 03:53 PM
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EDIT: Post edited and some text deleted, as it appears I may I have failed to reply within a certain time frame! My apologies!
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