Education What are ISP's and mobile providers offering lately?

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  1. ferret141

    ferret141 Minimodder

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    Reviewing my current telecommunication packages as it has been a long time since I took them out. I'm looking at upgrading/changing broadband and mobile. I've got a good idea of what's available broadband wise but not so sure mobile wise. I also read/heard somewhere spring is when the telecomns publish new deals.

    I won't touch VirginMedia with a barge pole. Landline needs to stay with BT if possible. Here's what I have at the moment:-

    Broadband:
    BE* There ISP
    BE Unlimited ADSL package
    I get 15Mbps, 18 if tweaked, 19~20 if tuned.
    Truly unlimited. I have tested this heavily at all times of the day including peak.
    Been with them for 4yrs
    Paying £18.26 pm

    Mobile:
    T-Mobile
    2yrs contract ended in Nov
    Was on PAYG with them for ~4yrs before that. Spent £5pm or less. Data & subsidised DHD made me take out a contract.
    -£10.50 pm
    -100 mins
    -100 texts
    -3GB data
    - Unlimited T-Mobile mins (swappable with Unlim Landline, Unlim Texts and some US/EU ones)

    Any recommendations?
     
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  2. ccxo

    ccxo On top of a hill

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    Cant comment on mobile but for broadband i would look into FTTC if its available up to 80/20 download/upload depending on the distance from a enabled cab and fibre twin.
    It will cost more then your Be package but is worth considering if you need the faster download/upload.

    Also this year Openreach will launch FTTP on demand, so if you cabinet has a fibre twin you will be able to order a full FTTP solution, costs are not fully known yet as its still in the first trial stage but expect £1000+
     
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  3. rollo

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    Fiber with bt would save you cash, otherwise I'd just stick to bt.
     
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    Just moved to Plus.net for both fibre and phone. Turned out to be cheaper than paying Be and BT and is hell of a lot faster. Was getting about 17mb/s down and 1mb/s up on Be. Now I'm getting:

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    And there's no throttling or download limits.
     
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  6. Tangster

    Tangster Butt-kicking for goodness!

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    Not Virgin or BT are my helpful recommendations.
     
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    Krazeh Minimodder

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    So far about 10GB.
     
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  9. Matticus

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    For mobile, if you aren't too bothered about being in a contract and getting new phones every x period then you should look into giffgaff, if you do order a sim, use the link in my signature ;)

    They run on the o2 network so have good coverage, at least for me they do might be worth checking it out on o2's website here.
     
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  10. ferret141

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    An update.
    In the week that I asked for help I signed up to Vodafone after finding a nice package thanks to the link mucgoo posted.

    Vodafone RED - £20.50pm
    -1GB Internet
    -Unlimited Mins
    -Unlimited Texts
    -750MB BT Openzone
    -Vodafone also free wifi on the London Underground

    But...
    £120 Quidco cashback makes the 12 months effectively cost £10.50pm (30p cheaper per month than T-Mobile for more!)
    Plus 10% student discount so my monthly payment over 12 months is effectively £9.45

    Not bad methinks.
    Now to see if BE There will give me a loyalty discount whilst I wait to see if ISPs reflect BT Wholesale's new pricing.
     
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