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Who to get Broadband from?

  • 25-04-2005 1:30pm
    #1
    okidoki987
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,622 ✭✭✭✭


    I don't want to change my phone number
    I would be light user of it, just need the phone line free when I'm on it.
    I want the cheapest with nothing fancy.
    Who do I go for?


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  • #2
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    BT broadband. €39.99 a month, or €49.99 including line rental. The second probably works out cheapest overall. No phone number change required for either option.


  • #3
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,874 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    If it is available in your area then NTL BB:

    1mb download 100k upload 16GB cap €25 per month and it has zero effect on your phone line.

    If you can't get NTL, then UTV:

    1mb/128k 8GB cap €30 per month. However your calls would then be with UTV (same phone nubmer), however on the upside it includes free local, national and UK calls in the evening and weekends.


  • #4
    julius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 240 ✭✭julius


    The €49.99 option is cheaper if you take line rental into consideration.

    €49.99 => 1mbit/128k 12GB CAP + Line Rental(BT)
    €54.XX => 1mbit/128k 8GB CAP + Line Rental(UTV)

    Plus if you decide to go a little mad BT has a higher CAP and wont casterate you to the same extent if you download over the CAP.


  • #5
    Blaster99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭Blaster99


    Looks like you get €30 off per year if you go for online billing with IOL as well. There's no minimum contract period with IOL, which I would value quite a bit. And most UTV users seem to hate UTV...


  • #6
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,874 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    Not that I'm particularly mad about UTV as a company, however if you take into account line rental UTV could still be cheaper.

    UTV offers first 4 months free, BT do not.

    Also UTV include the free local, national and UK calls during off peak time.

    So :
    BT + line rental = €50
    UTV + line Rental = €55

    You need to decide if you make at least €5 worth of local, national and UK calls off peak.

    Also take into account that when you have free calls, you tend to use the phone a great deal more, I often make an effort to call friends and family by landline now, where before I would have use my mobile, thus saving even more money.

    Personally I have NTL BB Max (currently 1.5mb going up to 3mb shortly) for BB and I have UTV Talk for phone calls.


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  • #7
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,874 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    Actually I just ran the numbers for the total cost over the first 12 months:

    BT
    50 x 12 = 600
    600 + 40 install = 640 (if you order online, €90 otherwise).
    640 - 30 = €610 (minus €30 if you take online billing)

    UTV
    30 x 8 = 240 (you get first 4 months free)
    240 + 90 install = 330

    24 x 12 = 288 (for line rental)
    UTV Total = 330 + 288 = €618

    So BT is €610 for the first year versus €618 UTV

    For the extra €8 you get free local, national and UK calls, that is very good value.

    BT gives you a bigger cap. So really it depends on what you use.


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