Tiscali for £4.49!!!!!!!

Dopamine · May 10, 2008, 17:59:26

I'm used to seeing Tiscali advertising their broadband for £6.49 a month, but this plumbs new depths... £4.49 a month for "unlimited" downloads?!

How is this economically viable?

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/index_first.html

Cookiemonster · May 10, 2008, 18:03:02

£4.49 with calls too. Otherwise £8.49 for just Broadband. Thats very tempting for some new customers i guess, even tempted myself but given there rep i think I'll stay put!!

Rik · May 10, 2008, 18:05:04

Quote from: Dopamine on May 10, 2008, 17:59:26
How is this economically viable?

It isn't - given that they've never made a profit, none of their packages is. I suspect this is designed to bump subscriber numbers to make the company more attractive to offers.

gizmo71 · May 10, 2008, 18:13:17

It's still overpriced 4.49 anyway!

Rik · May 10, 2008, 18:22:05

Good point.

David · May 10, 2008, 18:29:11

Where do I sign,?it sounds brilliant value

A whole company for £4.49 wow

madasahatter · May 10, 2008, 19:25:32

Quote from: Dopamine on May 10, 2008, 17:59:26
I'm used to seeing Tiscali advertising their broadband for £6.49 a month, but this plumbs new depths... £4.49 a month for "unlimited" downloads?!

How is this economically viable?

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/index_first.html

Ahhh but what they are not telling you is that if you actually use your connection you'll be in big big trouble - that's if you manage to get a working connection in the first place

cavillas · May 10, 2008, 19:46:37

You mean they actually try to connect you to the internet as well!

madasahatter · May 10, 2008, 19:56:12

Quote from: cavillas on May 10, 2008, 19:46:37
You mean they actually try to connect you to the internet as well!

try being the operative word Alf

psp83 · May 10, 2008, 20:49:58

When i was with them the posty kept tripping over the string he was dragging behind him when he delivered my ~~modem~~ baked bean can.

Simon · May 10, 2008, 21:02:16

The price must be a joke - as is the company!

David · May 10, 2008, 22:17:53

But if people pay this what would they really expect...any lower and it would be the price of a stamp,the difference being a letter would get there quicker

Mind you I was paying 6 times this price and I would guess for the same thing so if you look at it this way its a bargain

Sebby · May 10, 2008, 23:51:36

Unbelievable. It's so obvious that no company - not even BT themselves - could provide a decent service for that price! The cheaper it gets, the less tempting it is I say. If they actually charged a normal price, one actually might stop and wonder whether they're running services normally.

madasahatter · May 11, 2008, 07:10:38

Quote from: Sebby on May 10, 2008, 23:51:36
Unbelievable. It's so obvious that no company - not even BT themselves - could provide a decent service for that price!

Unfortunately, Sebby, they are not aiming this at peeps who actually know anything - they are aiming this at, and taking advantage of, the millions of peeps who don't know any better, or who can't afford any better. The type of peeps who will sign up with them, and think that their terrible service is pretty much the norm in ISP land. Indeed, those peeps may even laugh at us for paying such a large subscription

Sebby · May 11, 2008, 09:41:59

You're right there, Mad.

Rik · May 11, 2008, 09:46:02

Sadly, there is a sizeable group of people who buy on price and price alone. Not many of them are IDNet customers though.

Noreen · May 11, 2008, 10:13:28

Quote from: madasahatter on May 11, 2008, 07:10:38
The type of peeps who will sign up with them, and think that their terrible service is pretty much the norm in ISP land. Indeed, those peeps may even laugh at us for paying such a large subscription

Yes, I've seen that reaction often on other forums. People who say that all ISPs are the same and it doesn't make any difference where you go.

BTW I've just noticed that my spellchecker suggests replacing "Tiscali" with "Fiscal".

Rik · May 11, 2008, 10:14:11

Fiasco would have been a better suggestion.

Sebby · May 11, 2008, 10:15:07

Quote from: Rik on May 11, 2008, 10:14:11
Fiasco would have been a better suggestion.

Mr Booh · May 11, 2008, 10:48:28

Wouldn't take it up if it was FREE!

Sebby · May 11, 2008, 13:04:44

Same here!

madasahatter · May 11, 2008, 13:43:16

Must admit that when I was with Tiscali, I was one of the lucky ones - didn't have connection problems or slow speed issues. The main reason I left was because they denied my line was capable of 2M, when I knew from all the checkers that it was.

Sebby · May 11, 2008, 13:50:25

A friend of mine has been moved to Tiscali's LLU network (was on Pipex) and I have to say his speeds seem quite impressive. Perhaps they've improved?

madasahatter · May 11, 2008, 14:18:45

Quote from: Sebby on May 11, 2008, 13:50:25
Perhaps they've improved?

i wouldn't put any of my hoobypounds on it

Malc · May 11, 2008, 20:29:20

Quote from: Sebby on May 11, 2008, 13:50:25
and I have to say his speeds seem quite impressive.

Maybe he has diarrhoea

Lance · May 12, 2008, 08:36:23

Even if Tiscali paid me £4.49 a month, I still wouldn't have it!

Noreen · May 12, 2008, 12:13:15

Apparently Carphone Warehouse are offering £550 million for Tiscali.

Rik · May 12, 2008, 12:20:26

I wonder what it is about the numbers game - having large numbers of subscribers doesn't guarantee they are profitable.

Sebby · May 12, 2008, 13:48:35

It is bizarre!

Simon · May 12, 2008, 21:38:10

I'm surprised the monopolies commissions haven't got wind of it yet!

D-Dan · May 12, 2008, 22:38:02

So let me get this right - I pay £4.99 - and I get Tiscali for that, or I pay nothing, walk around the globe with a note book writing down all the information I encounter and drawing pictures of everything I see, and I get complete unrestricted access to the same information in about the same time?

Lance · May 12, 2008, 22:45:14

Nope. Your way would be quicker!

Lance · May 13, 2008, 08:17:17

It seems Carphone Warehouse has been excluded by Tscali as a possible buyer.

Sebby · May 13, 2008, 08:50:58

Maybe they think CPW are too good.

Rik · May 13, 2008, 08:56:54

Maybe they saw what happened to AOL.

Sebby · May 13, 2008, 09:01:00

That's more likely!

Noreen · May 14, 2008, 13:38:41

QuoteCarphone Warehouse's telecommunications business could become an acquisition target if it fails to buy Tiscali, the Milan-listed internet company, industry analysts said..................

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f794520-2110-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1

Rik · May 14, 2008, 13:40:38

Blood on the carpet, eh.

Noreen · May 14, 2008, 13:43:14

Talk about "the law of the jungle"!

madasahatter · May 14, 2008, 14:06:25

I can't seem to see that article - it comes up with "You have viewed your allowance of free articles. If you wish to view more, click the button below.". The button below tries to get you to sign up

Noreen · May 14, 2008, 18:43:33

Yes, I can't read it now either. Try this one http://80.244.186.153/Vodafone_emerges_as_a_frontrunner_to_buy_Tiscali.html

Rik · May 14, 2008, 18:47:12

So first CPW bid for Tiscali, then, according to the report, "Mr James claims Carphone's next step will be to sell its telecoms business."

That doesn't make sense to me...

bob_s · May 16, 2008, 21:39:51

Its just the first three months then £12.99, one year contract.

It looks like a great offer, so do I just phone idnet to cancel, or do I ask tiscalli help desk to migrate me.

madasahatter · May 16, 2008, 22:04:00

It's OK Bob - the nice men in white coats will be here to pick you up very very soon

LesD · May 16, 2008, 22:06:28

I would not go back to Tiscali if it was free - no not even if they paid me.

What use is something that does not work!

I was regularly getting under 400 kbps download throughput every evening from before 7 PM until after 10 PM with 200 kbps not being uncommon. At 7 AM it would 2700 kbps but they blamed my kit!

This started from the day I was "upgraded" from my stable 2 Mbps fixed rate package to their up to 8 Mbps ADSLMax package and lasted until the day I migrated to IDNet after which my sanity was slowly but surely restored!