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