BT broadband offer

[macp]

We are already BT BB customers with a smarthub. We get good speeds and its reliable. Just got an offer from BT for Halo2 (see below). Im just wondering whether to go for it. I keep thinking we are free to go where we like not tied to anything right now. Although not sure I would bother looking at any other ISP.

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[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I wouldn't re-deal with BT again. Contracted again last year (for 2) which I was led to believe was my complete package for £63, it's now £73 for no reason....

I also upgraded to Halo and almost immediately lost reliability and speed, but since my line tests as fine and well above threshold it was pointless. I had a rental property for a year with their basic (barely 20mb) ADSL and honestly, it was superior to my current 80mb fibre

 

[macp]

I wouldn't re-deal with BT again. Contracted again last year (for 2) which I was led to believe was my complete package for £63, it's now £73 for no reason....

I also upgraded to Halo and almost immediately lost reliability and speed, but since my line tests as fine and well above threshold it was pointless. I had a rental property for a year with their basic (barely 20mb) ADSL and honestly, it was superior to my current 80mb fibre

Thanks yes im thinking not to bother.

 

[fossyant]

Halo is just a rebrand of fibre. We got a reduction and Halo2 thrown at us this year. I also have 3 mesh discs to improve wife out to my garage and garden shed (they don't support it, but I've always told them what I was doing with it - certainly no issue. Great coverage in my garden now.

 

[Archie_tect]

our BT wi-fi usually becomes unreliable and patchy as soon as they bring out an upgrade... not convinced it isn't a deliberate ploy at their end, to get people to take out a new contract.

I pay £26.99 incl VAT for the broadband, calls and line rental and thought that was a lot- clearly not!

My mum's Post Office broadband and calls bundle is even better £109 a year.

 

[macp]

Halo is just a rebrand of fibre. We got a reduction and Halo2 thrown at us this year. I also have 3 mesh discs to improve wife out to my garage and garden shed (they don't support it, but I've always told them what I was doing with it - certainly no issue. Great coverage in my garden now.

They are offering the Halo2 hub free and apparently £5 less a month.

 

[DCLane]

I've moved from BT this year to fibre-optic at half the price. BT are under pressure so are throwing these offers in.

 

[fossyant]

They are offering the Halo2 hub free and apparently £5 less a month.

Thats what I got plus another disc !

 

[macp]

I've moved from BT this year to fibre-optic at half the price. BT are under pressure so are throwing these offers in.

Please do tell me more.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Please do tell me more.

And me

 

[DCLane]

Please do tell me more.

I'm in Dewsbury which is one of the fibre optic 'test' locations - they started nearby so I'm one of the first connected with 900MB broadband: https://www.fibrenation.com/locations/

 

[PaulSB]

You don't say what your monthly cost is so it's hard to judge what you should do.

All I can offer is we moved from BT, £73/month, to Sky, £25/month which is a saving of £576 pa. No reduction in service etc.

BT are always the highest cost provider. No complaints about the service we received but decided paying 3x as much was getting a bit silly. My advice would be to move!!

 

[swee'pea99]

£73 a month ! Hai carumba! Plusnet is BT to all intents & purposes (they're a subsidiary, and use all the same infrastructure) and I pay £23.99. Phone calls are stupidly expensive, but who uses a landline to make phone calls? We do occasionally get a slightly flakey service at peak times - but then I seem to remember much the same happened when we were with BT - and for £50/month saving I think we'll continue to live with it.

 

[ColinJ]

£73 a month ! Hai carumba! Plusnet is BT to all intents & purposes (they're a subsidiary, and use all the same infrastructure) and I pay £23.99. Phone calls are stupidly expensive, but who uses a landline to make phone calls? We do occasionally get a slightly flakey service at peak times - but then I seem to remember much the same happened when we were with BT - and for £50/month saving I think we'll continue to live with it.

I use Plusnet too. At the moment it is a non-fibre connection but I get 15 Mb/s and that is fine most of the time since I am the only one using it and I don't stream 4k video.

I only pay about £18/mo because I signed up a couple of customers and get a rebate for every month that they remain on Plusnet. If I got stuck in and got 10+ people to sign up, I'd get my service free and could even start earning some money!

 

[welsh dragon]

Another BT customer that was being charged £60 a month for broadband and a phone I never used. Went with EE and now pay £24 a month. I have to pay for every phone call I make but every month that comes to about £0.30 p a month. BT were a rip off IMHO