Home Phone Discussion

[Rik]

The migration is free, but BT charge £38 or so to rewire at the exchange.

[gromit]

That's not bad, particularly as:
* That's the first firm reponse I've had about moveing away from Talktalk
* When we moved into our current house, we were charged the standard £125 by BT for a new line, as the previous owners were on Talktalk....

[Rik]

 

[sparky]

I hear SKY have just announced that their call window is moving to 7AM - 7PM ie. evening calls won't start until 7PM.

I hope that IDNET don't change theirs, as that is one reason I have just moved my landline to them ! 

[Simon]

They're not. 

[sparky]

Thats good news Simon. 

[Baz]

Ok im with BT but am thinking of changing.Missed the date last year to change and couldnt seem to get hold of my package from BT as their site was always 'unavailable'

12 month renewable contract if you dont tell them it will just roll over to the next year, so was wondering what is IDNets version of my BT contract which is

Unlimited Weekend Plan with Friends & Family Mobile

Unlimited UK Weekend calls with inclusive Friends & Family Mobile, giving you calls to UK mobiles for only 7.2p a minute. All you pay is £11.54 a month line rental on a 12 month renewable contract.

we have times where we use the phone quite a bit and other times not so much so cant really say there is a standard amount we use it.

one the other thing if you just do away with phone and use mobiles do you  still have need to be with BT line for internet,if that makes sense

[DorsetBoy]

Ok im with BT but am thinking of changing.Missed the date last year to change and couldnt seem to get hold of my package from BT as their site was always 'unavailable'

12 month renewable contract if you dont tell them it will just roll over to the next year, so was wondering what is IDNets version of my BT contract which is

Unlimited Weekend Plan with Friends & Family Mobile

Unlimited UK Weekend calls with inclusive Friends & Family Mobile, giving you calls to UK mobiles for only 7.2p a minute. All you pay is £11.54 a month line rental on a 12 month renewable contract.

we have times where we use the phone quite a bit and other times not so much so cant really say there is a standard amount we use it.

one the other thing if you just do away with phone and use mobiles do you  still have need to be with BT line for internet,if that makes sense

To keep your broadband you will have to pay line rental to either BT or IDNet.

I was looking at the phone packages,at present I have the BT anytime plan and can see no savings at all in moving,if anything I think it would work out more expensive.

[Simon]

As far as cost goes, I saved a bit by moving to IDNet, but the other advantage is not having to deal with a call centre in Bombay, should something go wrong, and, it's a monthly contract.

[Gary]

Saved me money, the per second billing is great, as Simon says no call centres in Bombay and IDNet are great to deal with, also I get calls abroad and I'm not trapped in a never ending contract, I would not go back. Also I use the phone in the day time as well as weekends so It worked out £1 a month cheaper than BT and call costs have been low, its good to have a one month rolling contract as well, I hate BT with a passion, simply because of those call centres. Also they tried to trap us into another years rolling contract without sending the letter, glad we got out.

[DorsetBoy]

The only time I have spoken to BT for a line fault I was answered by a UK centre. In the last 6 months the only calls I have paid for are to mobile phones,all my other calls are free,many hundreds of calls with zero charge or connection fee as they are all covered by the package price .

[Steve]

The saving for me over BT would be paying the  fee yearly, then you get 12 months for the price of 11 months.

[JohnH]

Another saving not mentioned is the BT call 'set-up' fee of 9.9p charged on calls to mobiles which will increase by 1p on 1st October.

They fanfare their cheap call rates to UK mobiles of only 7.2p a minute, but when you add the 9.9p, it means that a quick call of under a minute has cost you 17.1p. IDNet charge a flat 9p with no connection charge.

IDNet line rental is also cheaper than BT; even more so after October.

[Simon]

Good point, John. 

[Baz]

can some one who is with IDNet for their phone give me a break down of what package they have.Im getting bamboozled with BT and looking at IDNet deals is making it worse.

as I said earlier I have this deal at the moment with BT...

Unlimited Weekend Plan with Friends & Family Mobile

Unlimited UK Weekend calls with inclusive Friends & Family Mobile, giving you calls to UK mobiles for only 7.2p a minute. All you pay is £11.54 a month line rental on a 12 month renewable contract.

when I took it out the friends and family bit was an offer of free and it still is if I continue with them.How will this compare to anything IDnet have.I believe the price is £12.50 or there abouts,VAT to go on of course.

[Glenn]

Baz, http://www.idnet.net/solutions/home/phone/ shows IDNet's packages

[Simon]

Yeah, it all depends on the type of numbers you are calling most (landline, mobile, 08xx, etc), and there's no magic solution, you just have to work it out.  The big advantage, of course, is that you would be dealing with IDNet, if you switched, so no more calls to Calcutta when things go wrong.

[Lona]

If changing to Idnet then after some time you decide to go back to BT, do you have to pay the large BT reconnection charge.?

[Simon]

I don't think so, Lona, because you're never actually disconnected from the BT network.  It's only the billing that changes.

[Baz]

Unlimited Weekend Plan with Friends & Family Mobile

Unlimited UK Weekend calls with inclusive Friends & Family Mobile, giving you calls to UK mobiles for only 7.2p a minute. All you pay is £11.54 a month line rental on a 12 month renewable contract.

so what would be IDNets closest package to this.I actually pay £12.49 p/m,the friends and family mobile is free but unfortunately over the years the times we use it have developed into any time of the day and not just weekends  

also how much if any do you save with a phone and BB package

[Baz]

sorry my fault...the mobile free add on is for 'Calls to UK mobiles for only 7.2p a minute all day, every day'

from BT site

[Baz]

and this


FREE customer support – call us any time you like        

[Baz]

heres the bumph from their site if you can stand it

BT

[Rik]

Probably unlimited evening/weekend, Baz.

[Baz]

whats 1571.do you get any discount as I do with BT, for paperless billing