Muzerat
05-02-11, 15:22
Well I started this morning with my mum nagging me about all the letters I had stacking up, so finally started sifting through the lot. Going through my bank statements I realised there was a lot of stuff coming out that were just invisible to me as I'm the worst for checking that kinda stuff. I then set out to check to see what else was available at a cheaper price.
First off, usenet subscription - this comes to about £10 per month with the current exchange rate. Currently with newshosting, but I seem to recall someone here saying they liked their service with astraweb and that it was cheap. A few minutes of digging and I find that there is a annual service for $96 result! That's a saving of £56 annually. Newshosting cancelled straight away!
Buoyed by this, I went about tacking some of the other bills.
Call plan with Talk talk, comes up to £15 per month (for free calls any time)
Line rental with BT comes up to £16 per month
Broadband with O2 comes up to £16 per month
Total £47 per month. Or £564 annually
I was thinking BT infinity @ £28 pcm + £10 pcm if I paid the line rental up front for a year for exact same service as we have right now. Not too shabby, a saving of about £9 a month. 18 month contract. Savings of £108 over 1 year
Went to the disconnections team at O2 who promptly told me - that they would not only give me line rental and free calls anytime for £13.50 pcm, they would also throw in 12 months free internet - on the 20meg unlimited package - we care currently on the 16meg package! RESULT!!
£13.50 annualized = £162 = a whopping £402saving for this year for a 12 month contract. While the BT 40meg is so tempting, this for me is a no-brainer.
So for 2 hours worth of phone calls and internet surfage, I've saved a whopping £458. I'm feeling well chuffed. Sorry for the mundane details, but if anyone is looking for a change I recommend O2 - never had any issues with their BB service and a phone is a phone as far as im concerned.
First off, usenet subscription - this comes to about £10 per month with the current exchange rate. Currently with newshosting, but I seem to recall someone here saying they liked their service with astraweb and that it was cheap. A few minutes of digging and I find that there is a annual service for $96 result! That's a saving of £56 annually. Newshosting cancelled straight away!
Buoyed by this, I went about tacking some of the other bills.
Call plan with Talk talk, comes up to £15 per month (for free calls any time)
Line rental with BT comes up to £16 per month
Broadband with O2 comes up to £16 per month
Total £47 per month. Or £564 annually
I was thinking BT infinity @ £28 pcm + £10 pcm if I paid the line rental up front for a year for exact same service as we have right now. Not too shabby, a saving of about £9 a month. 18 month contract. Savings of £108 over 1 year
Went to the disconnections team at O2 who promptly told me - that they would not only give me line rental and free calls anytime for £13.50 pcm, they would also throw in 12 months free internet - on the 20meg unlimited package - we care currently on the 16meg package! RESULT!!
£13.50 annualized = £162 = a whopping £402saving for this year for a 12 month contract. While the BT 40meg is so tempting, this for me is a no-brainer.
So for 2 hours worth of phone calls and internet surfage, I've saved a whopping £458. I'm feeling well chuffed. Sorry for the mundane details, but if anyone is looking for a change I recommend O2 - never had any issues with their BB service and a phone is a phone as far as im concerned.