BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

Mr.Shabz · 15 Feb 2017 at 13:58

Got my email over the weekend from BT, so called them up this morning.

Got Unlimited Infinity 2 for £1.50 more a month than what I would be paying for Infinity 1 post April 1st.

Not a brilliant deal, but not bad either as my line should go up by ~20Mb.

Brummies · 15 Feb 2017 at 15:36

MissChief said:
Sky are doing a good deal for existing TV customers atm. £10 activation and £30pm for unlimited (40/10) inc line rental. £35 for Max (80/20) should you be so inclined.

Am I right in thinking this recontracts the TV Services? I was offered this on Live chat but was told it would recontract my TV services. They also offered Line rental at 9.99 for 10 months on a 12 month deal. Not sure if I could push for better perhaps?

I'm on Infinity 2 at the moment, shame Sky doesn't offer 52mbps packages.

MissChief · 15 Feb 2017 at 19:15

Yes it will also recontract your TV for 18 months too

Awahwah · 15 Feb 2017 at 21:26

Mr.Shabz said:
Got my email over the weekend from BT, so called them up this morning.

Got Unlimited Infinity 2 for £1.50 more a month than what I would be paying for Infinity 1 post April 1st.

Not a brilliant deal, but not bad either as my line should go up by ~20Mb.

Just received the same deal after calling them today. It's not too bad really and look at it this way, when they announce next year's increase, you can call again.

Mr.Shabz · 16 Feb 2017 at 10:27

Awahwah said:
Just received the same deal after calling them today. It's not too bad really and look at it this way, when they announce next year's increase, you can call again.

Yeah, im happy enough for another year.
The only issue i have is if i migrate away from BT, then i'll loose BT Sport, as I dont have SKY or BT TV and the online option is only available to BT subscribers. They know what they're doing...

varkanoid · 16 Feb 2017 at 13:47

Just got my BT bill and having a look at the prices online and noticed a link to see my offers. Clicked on it and they are offering me BT Infinity 2 for £48.99 for 2 years contract. £5 cheaper than with the price rise and also a bit cheaper than what I am paying now. So fine by me.

ChrisD. · 16 Feb 2017 at 13:59

I pay less with Zen.

varkanoid · 16 Feb 2017 at 14:13

ChrisD. said:
I pay less with Zen.

I know Zen is cheaper for fibre. However looking at their web page Zen equivalent is £46.99 and that doesnt include phone. For £48.99 I get fibre, line rental and weekend phone calls. Plus I get BT TV free

ChrisD. · 16 Feb 2017 at 14:16

True, I never use my phone. But Zen is a much, much better ISP than BT. Plus you get a static IP.

SuperOwl86 · 16 Feb 2017 at 17:57

I would push BT further if I was you. I have £33.49 in my offers section for Infinity 2.

Cob · 16 Feb 2017 at 19:57

SuperOwl86 said:
I would push BT further if I was you. I have £33.49 in my offers section for Infinity 2.

Yip. Plus a free HH6 / Smart Hub.

varkanoid · 17 Feb 2017 at 10:51

Cob said:
Yip. Plus a free HH6 / Smart Hub.

Thats nothing to celebrate about

really you should be paid to have it.

SuperOwl86 · 17 Feb 2017 at 17:31

Anyone able to recommend a router to replace my HH5?

bremen1874 · 17 Feb 2017 at 17:43

Why do you want to replace it and how much are you willing to spend?

Ev0 · 17 Feb 2017 at 17:48

Our status has moved to the Activate stage now so not much longer to wait now

Am an existing BT ADSL customer, guessing that means I can't sign up to any of the 'new customer' Infinity deals? Might seem obvious but just wondered as I'm not an Infinity customer (wishful thinking).

SuperOwl86 · 17 Feb 2017 at 18:41

bremen1874 said:
Why do you want to replace it and how much are you willing to spend?

At one point we was having wifi problems. which seem to have settled down now. Maybe its just a hangover from when we was having problems. I have a voucher for the rain forest so looking at £100.

the_darjeeling · 17 Feb 2017 at 21:18

Having moved into a new development in an area where all the existing cabinets were upgraded to FTTC in 2014/2015. how many years will it be before openreach upgrades one new cabinet? i'm leaning towards 3/4 personally...

fenchu · 17 Feb 2017 at 21:24

Cob said:
Yip. Plus a free HH6 / Smart Hub.

hhb6 advert kills me with that guy holding onto helitcopter with amazing signal so many feet in air and i can barely get good signal in next room lol

a1ex2001 · 18 Feb 2017 at 00:10

varkanoid said:
Thats nothing to celebrate about really you should be paid to have it.

Can't fault mine to date the wifi range and speed is a massive improvement over anything else I've had and it was free. Plus if you really hate it that much they sell on eBay for £40 so treat it as cashback and by are paying you to have it! No other free isp router comes close to the spec as far as I can see!

varkanoid · 19 Feb 2017 at 22:04

a1ex2001 said:
Can't fault mine to date the wifi range and speed is a massive improvement over anything else I've had and it was free. Plus if you really hate it that much they sell on eBay for £40 so treat it as cashback and by are paying you to have it! No other free isp router comes close to the spec as far as I can see!

Its good if you get a good one. Many havent. Thats why BT were shipping out HH5's to existing customers who had HH6 Wifi Problems and from what I've read they still are. What firmware is yours on ? Took me over 6 months to get my HH6 working properly with Wifi (firmware update). Its not that I hate it, when it works its brilliant.