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BT Broadband
« on: 28 January 2013, 22:55:29 »
I've had a letter from BT offering what seems to be a really remarkable deal on broadband. £5.25 pm, 16Mb speed, 10Gb pm, 18 month contract, includes router, evening/weekend calls.

Anyone out there with BT ?

P2P throttling ?

Traffic management ?

Any serious minus points ?

I'm really tempted
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Re: BT Broadband
« Reply #1 on: 28 January 2013, 22:58:10 »
Don't forget to add in the £14 a month line rental ....   :)
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Re: BT Broadband
« Reply #2 on: 28 January 2013, 22:58:37 »
I had a similar letter today and was wondering the same thing.Shall watch this with interest. :y
I already pay them line rental for the phone,so presumably thats already sorted ?  :-\
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Re: BT Broadband
« Reply #3 on: 28 January 2013, 23:05:54 »
Quote from: Entwood on 28 January 2013, 22:58:10
Don't forget to add in the £14 a month line rental ....   :)

Nope, I've already factored that in. Already paying it.
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Re: BT Broadband
« Reply #4 on: 28 January 2013, 23:07:40 »
i'm with bt had no problems but I've got infinity :y
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Re: BT Broadband
« Reply #5 on: 28 January 2013, 23:10:36 »
I think mine costs a little more than that, not sure without checking, though includes line rental.... :y :y

We had a really crappy service till they updated, not sure we get the full speed but a heck of an improvement and according to Middle Vamps gaming online via 'whatever' is working well, never had a problem with it at all and the install was done quickly and tidily..... :y :y
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Re: BT Broadband
« Reply #6 on: 29 January 2013, 00:20:22 »
Yeah, no problems here, but I, too, have infinity...£18 plus rental, 40mb, receiving 35mb due to how close I am to the exchange, with 40gb d/l limit.
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« Reply #7 on: 29 January 2013, 07:21:08 »
Yes I have infinity, and line rental and calls with BT. We pay about £100 to £120 every quarter dependingon calls made. We have unlimited downloads and unlimited local free calls or something like that.

It is a bit more expensive, but we don't have the service dropping in and out all the time and the router thingy does not require multiple reboots per month. In fact since having it I have only had to turn it off once due to some electrical work.

Overall I am quite impressed, and it is not because I have a nephew who works for BT  ::) 
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Re: BT Broadband
« Reply #8 on: 29 January 2013, 08:24:52 »
Quote from: Rog on 28 January 2013, 22:55:29
I've had a letter from BT offering what seems to be a really remarkable deal on broadband. £5.25 pm, 16Mb speed, 10Gb pm, 18 month contract, includes router, evening/weekend calls.

Anyone out there with BT ?

P2P throttling ?

Traffic management ?

Any serious minus points ?

I'm really tempted

Sorry people, this deal IS NOT for Infinity. It's just normal broadband on normal phone line I'm interested in. I just don't need fibre optic.
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Re: BT Broadband
« Reply #9 on: 29 January 2013, 09:57:52 »
How long is the £5.25 for. Normally, you have an 18 month contract, but the £5.25 changes up to about £14 after 3 months. Check the small print.
If it stays at 5.25, then is seems a good deal, as against what I was paying BT for 8mb broadband...£20 :y
Which is why I could not understand why they offered me infinity at 40mb for less than I was paying for 8mb (including free setup and hubs etc) ???
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Re: BT Broadband
« Reply #10 on: 29 January 2013, 10:08:55 »
Quote from: terbert on 29 January 2013, 09:57:52
How long is the £5.25 for. Normally, you have an 18 month contract, but the £5.25 changes up to about £14 after 3 months. Check the small print.
If it stays at 5.25, then is seems a good deal, as against what I was paying BT for 8mb broadband...£20 :y
Which is why I could not understand why they offered me infinity at 40mb for less than I was paying for 8mb (including free setup and hubs etc) ???

Here ya go, full details

I still think it look good, probably going to do it

https://www.vouchers.bt.com/promo/boost5?s_cid=con_FURL_broadband525
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Re: BT Broadband
« Reply #11 on: 29 January 2013, 10:16:58 »
"£5.25 a month for 18 months then £16.05 a month".

Still not bad, if you can be bothered (or remember) to change after 18 months...
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Re: BT Broadband
« Reply #12 on: 29 January 2013, 10:22:13 »
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£5.25 a month for 18 months then £16.05 a month. Available by invitation only to new BT Broadband customers that sign up to an 18-month minimum term and pay BT line rental. Standard line rental is £15.45 with Direct Debit and a 12-month minimum term. Connection charges may apply. Includes BT Total Broadband Option 1, Unlimited Weekend Plan and a BT Home Hub (unless BT has already provided you with a Hub or router). You'll need to pay by Direct Debit. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer and may be changed or withdrawn at any time. Subject to availability. Terms apply.

£5.25 rising to £16.05 after 18 months for BB
Line rental £15.45 for 12 months .. no indication of what line rental will be for the next 6 months, and they nicely run the contracts for different times, so you are always part way through one when the other expires .....
"terms apply" ... but this is "supposed" to be the legal bit ... so the implication is there are other "hidden" terms they haven't told you about ...... yet ... :(

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Re: BT Broadband
« Reply #13 on: 29 January 2013, 10:23:31 »
I have standard BT Broadband with Homehub + BT Vision and I have had no problems at all with the speed of any of it.

They keep trying to get me to upgrade to Affinity, but I just do not see the point for me as downloading speeds are excellent! :y :y
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Re: BT Broadband
« Reply #14 on: 29 January 2013, 19:07:18 »
Virtually all ISPs use traffic shaping.

Some of the larger ISPs in the UK have a court order against them to block certain sites who's only purpose is to promote illegal file sharing - which cannot be discussed here, as would fall foul of our guidelines.

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