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UPC BB cheaper with landline

  • 07-09-2012 12:17am
    #1
    MiniNukinfuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 951 ✭✭✭


    Not sure if there is a topic on this already, sorry if there is.

    Anyway, today I got a phone call from UPC saying that if I bundled a landline with my BB, i'd save €7. What's the catch with this? I'm assuming they will just hope that I use the landline to build up lots of charges.

    Thanks :)


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  • #2
    Morf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,822 ✭✭✭Morf


    MiniNukinfuts wrote: »
    Not sure if there is a topic on this already, sorry if there is.

    Anyway, today I got a phone call from UPC saying that if I bundled a landline with my BB, i'd save €7. What's the catch with this? I'm assuming they will just hope that I use the landline to build up lots of charges.

    Thanks :)

    No catch. It's cheaper to have a bundle than internet alone. You actually pay a fee for internet alone. Take the phone and put it in a cupboard in case they ever want it back and you're saving yourself €7 a month.


  • #3
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    You don't even need to take the actual phone they supply,as they charge €30 for it IIRC.Just tell them you have your own handset and to enable the phone line.That's what we did.


  • #4
    MiniNukinfuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 951 ✭✭✭MiniNukinfuts


    They're sending me the phone for free.


  • #5
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    I have broadband alone and last year when they changed policies (allowing people to leave their contracts without penalty) I rang and asked to speak with retentions. I was threatening to leave because I felt it was unfair that a friend wasn't paying the stand alone charge and I was. The rep agreed and took it off for me. Following the price increases recently they also added back the charge so I called again. The initial rep said they could add the phone line and save me 1 euro a month and that everyone who took broadband only had to pay the extra charge period. So I asked again to be put through to retentions. Retentions listened and reinstated my discount (once I agreed to a new 12 month contract) so now I only pay 29.89 a month for 25mb (500GB limit) broadband only (and analogue tv).


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