Moving house - stick with Be* or get a bundle deal?

Supercow · 18 Aug 2008 at 20:18

Yeap, time to move and I'm unsure whether I should get a Sky/Virgin bundle or not.

Never had Sattelite TV nor Have I really had the need for it, however it would be a "nice to have" at an affordable rate and good broadband service.

Should I get a bundled deal, of so which one.... or just stay as I always have and have my Be* connection only?

Indy500 · 18 Aug 2008 at 20:20

You can get O2 8mbit LLU for £7.50 a month (zombi3 on here can help with the discount). If you don't mind the 12 month contract that is.

Supercow · 18 Aug 2008 at 20:49

LLU?
Also that doesn't really give me anything apart from a broadband connection?

Dont see the point of going from 20mb to 8 for no gain?

Indy500 · 18 Aug 2008 at 20:51

sup3rc0w said:
LLU?

Dont see the point of going from 20mb to 8 for no gain?

Its cheaper than Be's equivalent 8mbit service? LLU broadband is basically what you had with Be*, both are owned by the same company (Telefonica of Spain, to be exact).

Supercow · 18 Aug 2008 at 20:56

Cheers mate, but I have been using the 24mb services for ages and got around 16-18mb, no way I'll go down to 8mb for only couple or so quid

Messiah Khan · 18 Aug 2008 at 21:02

sr4470 said:
You can get O2 8mbit LLU for £7.50 a month (zombi3 on here can help with the discount). If you don't mind the 12 month contract that is.

Its not 8mb for £7.50. Its the fastest your line supports, up to 20mb(or 22mb, can't quite remember).

Indy500 · 18 Aug 2008 at 21:12

Messiah Khan said:
Its not 8mb for £7.50. Its the fastest your line supports, up to 20mb(or 22mb, can't quite remember).

Their site has three tiers:
http://broadband.o2.co.uk/packages.jsp

Standard, Premium, Ultimate. Both have a standard and discounted price. The fastest (20mbit) is twice the cost of the 8mbit.

Sup3rc0w, how do you know the new place's phoneline supports 20 if you haven't even moved yet?

Messiah Khan · 18 Aug 2008 at 21:18

sr4470 said:
Their site has three tiers:
http://broadband.o2.co.uk/packages.jsp

Standard, Premium, Ultimate. Both have a standard and discounted price. The fastest (20mbit) is twice the cost of the 8mbit.

Trust me, its up to 20Mb.... Im on it, for £7.50pm

Indy500 · 18 Aug 2008 at 21:19

Messiah Khan said:
Trust me, its up to 20Mb.... Im on it, for £7.50pm

You signed up conventionally and got 20mb for £7.50? how?

Supercow · 18 Aug 2008 at 21:57

sr4470 said:
Their site has three tiers:
http://broadband.o2.co.uk/packages.jsp

Standard, Premium, Ultimate. Both have a standard and discounted price. The fastest (20mbit) is twice the cost of the 8mbit.

Sup3rc0w, how do you know the new place's phoneline supports 20 if you haven't even moved yet?

The house is a mate's property, so I have the landline number

How do I see if with this 02 account I'll be able to get the full 20mb?

Indy500 · 18 Aug 2008 at 22:14

sup3rc0w said:
The house is a mate's property, so I have the landline number
How do I see if with this 02 account I'll be able to get the full 20mb?

www.samknows.com/broadband is a good site for information

tolien · 18 Aug 2008 at 23:24

Does it already have an ADSL service? There's no remotely accurate way of knowing what you'd get with O2/Be without that.

Messiah Khan · 19 Aug 2008 at 08:50

sr4470 said:
You signed up conventionally and got 20mb for £7.50? how?

I signed up through zombi3. You get the fastest speed available to you for £7.50 pm. Unfortunately my line only gives me 4.5meg, but the package is definately 'up to 20meg'.

FrenchTart · 19 Aug 2008 at 09:18

Indeed. I'm on the £7.50/month deal and get 22.5mbit.

Tolien is right though - unless there's already ADSL at that house it's hard/impossible to get any accurate idea of what speed you'll eventually have.

Supercow · 19 Aug 2008 at 12:20

Hmm, will ask them to do some tests for me tonight and post the findings

thanks!

Indy500 · 19 Aug 2008 at 12:37

Messiah Khan said:
I signed up through zombi3. You get the fastest speed available to you for £7.50 pm. Unfortunately my line only gives me 4.5meg, but the package is definately 'up to 20meg'.

Too bad my landlord will never let me have a BT line

Messiah Khan · 19 Aug 2008 at 13:10

sr4470 said:
Too bad my landlord will never let me have a BT line

Why not? That's a bit mean. Surely it would add value to the house if anything.

Indy500 · 19 Aug 2008 at 13:13

Messiah Khan said:
Why not? That's a bit mean. Surely it would add value to the house if anything.

He doesn't care about that, he uses Virgin cable for telecommunications services.

Supercow · 21 Aug 2008 at 10:11

Ouch, just been sent this screenshot and it's not looking good

tolien · 21 Aug 2008 at 10:25

Doesn't really tell you anything though - the connection's via BT, and gets 2Mbps. You don't know if it's even been moved to IPStream Max, or still on fixed rate home2000.