Gemmill 46134 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Am I being thick or does the deal on the TalkTalk website actually give free broadband if you join their Talk3 plan? If so, why am I paying £25 a month with BT? www.talktalk.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler's Mom 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Yeah, I had a look at that today. Works out at £20.99 per month, but there's a one off connection fee of £29.99. The offer may only be for a year or something, then they might hike up the line rental... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46134 Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 Aye I suppose they could fix the broadband at "free" and just whack up the other charges to compensate. Still it's not bad even if it only lasts a year - much cheaper than what I'm paying on BT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 I'd say it's legit, they'll all go this way in the next couple of years anyway. Once wireless networks with wireless handsets become common place it'll be interesting to see what value the telcos add to survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46134 Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 I'll have a proper look when I get home and if it's all above board I'll transfer over I think. I get a tenner's worth of rpoints for transferring to them an'all which saves on the connection fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46134 Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 If anyone else takes advantage of this I should be looking at 50% of their saving tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckypierre 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 I cant see this offer, where is it? Im on Talk Talk plan 3 anyway, wheres my fookin free broadband! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46134 Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 Typical mate - probably only for new customers. It's the Talk3International one that's got free broadband. It's £11 line rental and £9.99 a month for unlimited calls including international. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckypierre 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Typical mate - probably only for new customers. It's the Talk3International one that's got free broadband. It's £11 line rental and £9.99 a month for unlimited calls including international. 119497[/snapback] Thats pretty much what Im paying now plus £20 for my broadband. Can see the offer now, for some reason when I typed in the url I got a different home page to the one I've just got going via google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 If anyone else takes advantage of this I should be looking at 50% of their saving tbh. 119486[/snapback] Like you are the only person to know about it, its been in the news alot today. They reckon it is going to spark a price war amongst the companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46134 Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 Typical mate - probably only for new customers. It's the Talk3International one that's got free broadband. It's £11 line rental and £9.99 a month for unlimited calls including international. 119497[/snapback] Thats pretty much what Im paying now plus £20 for my broadband. Can see the offer now, for some reason when I typed in the url I got a different home page to the one I've just got going via google 119499[/snapback] They changed their website today so if you had visited it before maybe you were still getting the old one. As for YOU, Scottish Boy! I'm the one that posted it first on here, so I'm claiming dibs, REET! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckypierre 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 anyone know if there is a download cap with Talk Talk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Charles Dunstone, Rupert Murdoch and Ben Verwaayen have seen the future of the British living room, and they intend to control it. The heads of Carphone Warehouse, BSkyB and BT - and they aren't alone - think that the days when consumers bought a phone from one company, an internet connection from another and television services from a third will soon seem as quaint as good manners. By offering a range of services from one magic box, about the size of a CD player, the companies aim to get greater control of the public's entertainment and communications than ever before. The industry calls this "triple-play" - broadband, voice and television all in one. There are gaps in what each company offers but they are all going in roughly the same direction. NTL, which bought Virgin Mobile last week, is going a step further with "quadruple-play", planning to include a mobile phone in one package. Today Carphone Warehouse is expected to unveil its own offer - a "free" broadband internet connection for customers who sign up for the TalkTalk landline service (a "double-play", for now). Mr Dunstone would like us to see this as the most significant development in the telecoms industry since Alexander Graham Bell, ready to test his new invention, said: "Watson, come here. I want you." Industry insiders are more sceptical. Ian Livingston, the chief executive of BT's Retail arm, says: "It is a clever marketing ploy from a clever marketing team. But the UK is probably the most competitive market for broadband in the world. This is just another offer." Consumer groups are already advising people to check the small print for hidden termination fees or charges for calls to help desks. (When Carphone's "free" service breaks down, will Dunstone come round to fix it?) Those who switched energy supplier to chase cheap up-front deals have since seen prices rise and may be wondering if it was worth the trouble. Public inertia when it comes to swapping internet provider is probably less than for, say, banking. But it still seems likely that a large part of the population will choose to stick with the working system they have rather than swapping to an untested unit for the sake of a £5-a-month saving. While talk of a price war grows, the question for the providers is how much they have to charge to make money and for how long they are prepared to offer loss leaders in the fight for market share. Analysts think telecoms companies need to take £25 a month from every customer with broadband and a home phone before profit can be contemplated. So far, Carphone Warehouse has only 75,000 broadband customers, compared to 2.3 million for BT and 2.8 million for NTL, but it is aiming to take a much larger share of the spoils. BT is still subject to price controls imposed by Ofcom, the regulator, a legacy from its days as a monopoly. At the moment BT isn't allowed to bundle - it can't offer fixed line and broadband in one package. This could hamper its ability to respond competitively, but it seems likely that Ofcom will free it from restrictions as the market opens up. Carphone Warehouse is clearly targeting BT, having invested £60m to install its own broadband equipment in BT exchanges, giving it more control over the product it can offer. After the three-month "free" period, it is expected that Carphone will offer broadband for £4.99 a month. Blair Wadman at uSwitch.com says: "This move will dramatically change the telecommunications market. So far Carphone Warehouse has failed to make any serious inroads into the broadband market.... If Carphone offers free broadband as part of a bundle, it will create a real challenge to its competitors." The City is watching developments with interest. So far, BT's profit forecasts haven't been downgraded. Some are reminded of the fuss Freeserve created when it first offered a "free" internet connection back when dot.coms were going "boom". In the end, the big players with the long-term plan won that battle. Citigroup told clients: "Making big announcements is one thing. Executing a profitable plan is quite another. The threat to BT from Carphone is real, but mass migration is unlikely." Carphone shares put on 6.75p to 313.5p yesterday, though this seemed to be a function of market buzz rather than certainty that it will soon make more money. Cable & Wireless once promised to make a similar splash with Bulldog, its retail broadband company. It first expected Bulldog to lose £30m a year while it established itself. For the 12 months to March, a loss of £100m looks more likely - a poor return on some tough talking. BT Retail is profitable - but the consumer broadband arm is not. If BT can't make money at this, can the smaller players? At the moment you can get broadband from about 200 suppliers. The market was betting yesterday that some will soon go to the wall. Sky is going to come in later this year with its own broadband offering, though it will not compete just on price. Richard Ireland, head of telecoms at Ernst & Young, says: "Price wars do not always work in favour of the cheapest players. Convenience is a driver for bundled services." It remains to be seen whether the media moguls are right that consumers will want an all-in-one solution to their entertainment needs. People who get a mobile phone from their employer, for example, won't be interested in the quad-play deal, however convenient it may be. And what if one part of the package is not up to scratch? Still, one consequence of bundling is that major players could choose to give away one of the products (a free mobile phone, say) to customers who sign up for the more expensive packages. Of course, the phone will be free in name only. Murdoch, Dunstone and the rest didn't get rich by being fools. If they claim to be offering something for nothing, the correct response is always: Pull the other one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 90 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 oh, dont tell me, you've gotta be on BT in order to get this offer! Im on ntl so i guess i cant make the jump and save some money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 As for YOU, Scottish Boy! I'm the one that posted it first on here, so I'm claiming dibs, REET! 119501[/snapback] Blatantly trying Rob W's tactics tbh... Only thing missing was a quote from the beeb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckypierre 0 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 40 Gb limit and a 'fair usage' policy. Hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6700 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Website appears to be down - they've rumbled you Gemmill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46134 Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 40 Gb limit and a 'fair usage' policy. Hmmm 119511[/snapback] Is that bad like? I would never go over 40 GB a month anyway. Surely they all have fair usage policies. Craig the website's been on the blink all day - must be the demand thanks to my link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 90 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 ahem so is it for bt lines only then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 40 Gb limit and a 'fair usage' policy. Hmmm 119511[/snapback] Is that bad like? I would never go over 40 GB a month anyway. Surely they all have fair usage policies. Craig the website's been on the blink all day - must be the demand thanks to my link. 119519[/snapback] 40 gigs isn't that big for anyone downloading movies regularly (legitimately or otherwise), but the bigger problem is the fair use policy, a lot of companies in the UK seem to use it as an excuse to severely limit big downloaders, even after offering unlimited download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46134 Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 ahem so is it for bt lines only then? 119520[/snapback] I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 90 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 ahem so is it for bt lines only then? 119520[/snapback] I dunno. 119524[/snapback] talking about it on radio 2 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6700 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 More than likely.... If you've got NTL or Telelwest then you're pretty much fucked as to the choice of BB provider you can chose. I'm leaving NTL because of it, they asked me why and I said so that I can get a decent broadband provider. They pointed out that I could get BB from them for 12.49 a month. I had to remind them that I said I wanted decent provision, not cheap! He gave up at that point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46134 Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 ahem so is it for bt lines only then? 119520[/snapback] I dunno. 119524[/snapback] talking about it on radio 2 now 119531[/snapback] And what did they say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 More than likely.... If you've got NTL or Telelwest then you're pretty much fucked as to the choice of BB provider you can chose. I'm leaving NTL because of it, they asked me why and I said so that I can get a decent broadband provider. They pointed out that I could get BB from them for 12.49 a month. I had to remind them that I said I wanted decent provision, not cheap! He gave up at that point... 119546[/snapback] Apparently their pings are hard to beat, if you're into online games. But the service is appalling, in Ireland anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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