TalkTalk offering 900 Mbps for £30 on Openreach, how safe a choice is this?

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Broadband ISP TalkTalk Tries to Entice UK Customers with 900Mbps for £30

Internet provider TalkTalk has today continued their efforts to boost the take-up of their home broadband services by launching their self-proclaimed "lowest ev
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On paper it seems really good but if you are keeping up with news you would know TalkTalk is heavily in debt. This price seems like one last hail mary to keep/get customers.

If you were to sign up, how safe a choice is this in actually keeping the line for the 2 years? I can't see how 3 million plus customers would be left without internet if TalkTalk was to fail.
 
GregI said:
www.ispreview.co.uk

Broadband ISP TalkTalk Tries to Entice UK Customers with 900Mbps for £30

Internet provider TalkTalk has today continued their efforts to boost the take-up of their home broadband services by launching their self-proclaimed "lowest ev
www.ispreview.co.uk www.ispreview.co.uk

On paper it seems really good but if you are keeping up with news you would know TalkTalk is heavily in debt. This price seems like one last hail mary to keep/get customers.

If you were to sign up, how safe a choice is this in actually keeping the line for the 2 years? I can't see how 3 million plus customers would be left without internet if TalkTalk was to fail.
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I find it unlikely you'll ever be left without service, more likely you'll get transferred to another provider in the interim.
 
It's safe in the sense there is zero chance TalkTalk go under in a way that leaves customers without service, nobody is going to pass up the opportunity to buy that customer base for cheap, and it would be a government-level emergency if it ever looked likely.

The customer support is garbage but the network is good, so hopefully if you ever have an issue it's a complete loss of service that their support can't mess up, rather than something intermittent that they insist needs your Wi-Fi channel changing to resolve.
 
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It's not even that good of a deal and because it's 24 month 2 price increases as well.

If company really wanted people they would do fixed price or shorter term contracts.

Customer support is inline with the likes of VM and Voda terrible (If you have no issues the network is good)

People wouldn't be left without any service you would be informed to move away before they closed. (They wont close anyway someone will come in invest or merge them)
 
edGfaCTor said:
It's not even that good of a deal and because it's 24 month 2 price increases as well.

If company really wanted people they would do fixed price or shorter term contracts.

Customer support is inline with the likes of VM and Voda terrible (If you have no issues the network is good)

People wouldn't be left without any service you would be informed to move away before they closed. (They wont close anyway someone will come in invest or merge them)
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I'd love to see a better deal that's widely available.
 
edGfaCTor said:
Toob £25 18 month contract (maybe cityfibre only)

If you want Openreach provider Plusnet £33 24 month deal going through other sites you get £125 as well as a gift.
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Best I can see with Plusnet still has the price increases might start at £33 but only until April.
Toob isn't widely available.
 
robj20 said:
Best I can see with Plusnet still has the price increases might start at £33 but only until April.
Toob isn't widely available.
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Yes plusnet price increases (£4 per year) just like Talktalk who increases it (£3 per year). Looks like plusnet gives £145 credit back now.

RiseFibre & 4thUtility another two providers who are cheap not sure about them quality wise.

VM 1000Mbps is on offer as well around £26 24 month deal price increase of £4 per year.

Not sure by what you mean widely available in my area openreach full fibre is not even available yet & I have given different options for various networks.
 
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edGfaCTor said:
Yes plusnet price increases (£4 per year) just like Talktalk who increases it (£3 per year). Looks like plusnet gives £145 credit back now.

RiseFibre & 4thUtility another two providers who are cheap not sure about them quality wise.

VM 1000Mbps is on offer as well around £26 24 month deal price increase of £4 per year.

Not sure by what you mean widely available in my area openreach full fibre is not even available yet & I have given different options for various networks.
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Openreach is classed as widely available as is Virgin. Most of the altnets aren't, such as City Fiber.
 
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