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[Technology] Moving away from BT



jakarta

jakarta

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May 25, 2007
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Sullington
Possibly this is granny sucking eggs type of question but after many, many years of being overcharged I have decided that I am going to ditch BT for my landline and broadband.

Suggestions as to a better provider please?
 




Chicken Run

Chicken Run

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Jul 17, 2003
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Valley of Hangleton
jakarta said:
Possibly this is granny sucking eggs type of question but after many, many years of being overcharged I have decided that I am going to ditch BT for my landline and broadband.

Suggestions as to a better provider please?
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They will all piss u off eventually, do u have Virgin Media in your neighbourhood?
 




Weststander

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Aug 25, 2011
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Broadband - Zen. Award winning, we've never had any technical issues, they supply their router and for £35 per month unlimited as far as I'm aware. Keep the BT hardware (line to internal box) as Zen use that. No need for a landline phone these days ... some may disagree.
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South Stand Bonfire

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Jan 24, 2009
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jakarta said:
Possibly this is granny sucking eggs type of question but after many, many years of being overcharged I have decided that I am going to ditch BT for my landline and broadband.

Suggestions as to a better provider please?
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I’ve just done the same but more for better Sport/TV options. Have gone to Sky for their broadband and Sky Sports package for about £75 a month combined.
 




South Stand Bonfire

South Stand Bonfire

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Jan 24, 2009
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jakarta said:
Possibly this is granny sucking eggs type of question but after many, many years of being overcharged I have decided that I am going to ditch BT for my landline and broadband.

Suggestions as to a better provider please?
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You’ll probably find though they try and insist on telephone via the internet now though unless you have emergency needs.
 


schmunk

schmunk

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Jan 19, 2018
10,743
Mid mid mid Sussex
Other than Virgin, which uses its own network, the other landline / broadband providers all use the same (Openreach / Community Fibre) cabling between your house and the exchange.

This means there is no meaningful difference in service quality between any of them - buy on price / router offered (unless you're using your own).

Watch out for mid-contract price rises - these have been regulated to an extent, but all this really means is they need to tell you upfront, not that they won't increase your monthly price!
 


happypig

happypig

Staring at the rude boys
May 23, 2009
8,384
Eastbourne
Whoever you chose will be using BT infrastructure to deliver service as there are no altnets in Sullington.
Beware of going for the cheapest though, if something goes wrong you will rue the decision.
 




dstanman

dstanman

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Jul 1, 2011
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Moved from BT to Sky around 6months ago. Couple of reasons for changing, BT were dearer, their contract was 24months rather than 18 months and they would not offer 500M which sky would despite it being over same network.

Only issue we have is Wi--fi in the house is not as good as we had with BT. Assume this is due to router performance
 


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Jan 13, 2005
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Weststander said:
Broadband - Zen. Award winning, we've never had any technical issues, they supply their router and for £35 per month unlimited as far as I'm aware. Keep the BT hardware (line to internal box) as Zen use that. No need for a landline phone these days ... some may disagree.
www.zen.co.uk

Make the move for better broadband | Why should you move on?

Join the UK's best broadband provider today for access to Ultrafast speeds up to 900Mbps.
www.zen.co.uk www.zen.co.uk
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That pretty interesting, I'm also out of contract with BT in the summer and I hoped to also save some money - but looking at Zens pricing, that's barely any different to BT TBH.
 


happypig

happypig

Staring at the rude boys
May 23, 2009
8,384
Eastbourne
dstanman said:
Moved from BT to Sky around 6months ago. Couple of reasons for changing, BT were dearer, their contract was 24months rather than 18 months and they would not offer 500M which sky would despite it being over same network.

Only issue we have is Wi--fi in the house is not as good as we had with BT. Assume this is due to router performance
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Sky routers are cheap and cheerful. If you want better wifi, buy a better router
 




bluenitsuj

bluenitsuj

Listen to me!!!
Feb 26, 2011
4,953
Willingdon
I moved everything to EE recently after being with BT forever.

Much cheaper on everything and no issues.
 






beorhthelm

beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
36,229
Plusnet. it's the same as BT, including the access to BT sports any other services, without the price. they'll tell you in advance when the prices are going up, stay on a "contract" for 12 mth to avoid the highest tariffs.
 


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