what really grinds my gears

I think dfk41 has not included the cost of the TV package, I know him too well.

It’s useful thread though, to share what we are really paying and exactly what for. I currently pay £26 per month fixed for 2 years, no rises during the contract…It ends 23/4/23. For this I get;

talk talk TV, basically Freeview through the box and catchup. I don’t use it though as I stopped my TV licence.

150 MB per second GFast, unlimited, no throttling I’ve ever noticed

Phone line…VOIP, presumably, but I’m plugged into copper.

My service allows WiFi calling (my Smarty mobile can use my WiFi to if signal is weak). No extra charge

My phone has usual blocking etc options for free.

I don’t take an anytime phone package from TT for £7 because my Smarty package is unlimited calls and texts for £5 per month. It’s also more convenient. So my home phone I only use for incoming.

P.S. I have no fibre providers in the area, Cable came and left before my house existed 27 years ago…so I’m waiting for BT to do it.

DavecUK I think for the incoming phone line and broadband I pay about £36 or so a month.

I was literally going to post something similar as we are looking at our broadband at the moment. We are with BT and need to make the decision if we are going to change or not. We originally had to have BT as it was a new build with fibre to the house. We are currently paying
we also pay for Netflix and prime. BT are offering the same contract which is not the fastest for £1.96 cheaper or upgrade to 150mb download and 30mb upload for another £6.04. When I looked before sky were not offering anything different.

Meldrew You current package says fibre 1 so presumably very high speed, so don’t understand the 150mb reference for £6?

Edit out the phone number!

• Business broadband is £38
• Prime is £79 a year. Two households at our home share
• Netflix is about £9 I think for two views. My daughter pays 😃
• Two Indian channels for £12.50 a month
• Disney+ is free

Edit :

We had all of these plus Sky for £76 a month.
I would leave Broadband out as it is critical for my work. Leaving this out, the net cost to me is £57 a month.

MediumRoastSteam No. I don’t think so.

The business name can be your name. Earlier, I had a proper business account under my company name. Not anymore. I switched from my company registered after moving home in 2015.

Please give sales a call and tell them you need xyz service. They will ask your details. Just give your name as the name of the business.

Also, check the retail site.

I feel for you, Cupra. I mean, years ago, who cared (except those, like me, whose business depended on it)? But these days it’s getting harder and harder to just run our normal lives without ’net access. For instance, reluctant though I am (and believe me, thats VERY reluctant) to do banking online, despite the convenience, it’s now bordering on impossible, and inconvenient as hell, to avoid. After all the branch closures, I think my nearest actual bank branh is on a tiny outer planet round a minor star in a far distant galaxy, behind a giant midden heap, in the 3rd floor sub-basement behind the door marked “beware carnivorous plants, and the dragon” (nod to blatant rip-off of HHGTTG).

Which is why the last couple of times I’ve changed, I’ve ordered the new service and only AFTER it’s up and running do I give notice to the old.

And yes, obviously, that means at least one month, maybe more, paying for both. Which puts a large portion of sand down the front of my swimming trunks, but overall was worth it. The money I mean, not the sand. But it does ensure not ending up without service entirely if, for any reason, they don’t install when they promise. It’s worth it (to me, YMMV) to do that.