Landline too expensive
 

I am seriously considering getting ride of my landline as it cost far to much.
Considering I now use my PAYG mobile all the time at 8p a call I can't justify keeping the landline phone at 10p a min call and 11p connection plus £12 a month. It seems to me Virgin and BT are just pricing them selves out of any competition. Quite a few friends have said they will give up their landline phones will they ever be as good a deal as they use to be.

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I'm in the same position but i am willing to accept the landline cost,despite rarely using it simply to keep the discounts that come with it

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Landlines are only cost effective for calls if you have a bundle, such as "free weekend" calls. However to keep the cost of other services like broadband, especially if you are bundling servicews like TV, then it can still be viable to retain the land line, even if you use it minimally.

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get rid...ive just virgin broadband...20 quid a month and 10 quid a month 02 rolling contract and so has the other half..luvly jubly...so 40 quid a month direct debits for half decent bb and 2 mobile phones..u know it makes scense rodney;)

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I agree with where your coming from, but it is always nice to have a landline. Call me old fashioned!!!

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Also, you are just transferring the cost of the call to your friends (I know some will have inclusive minutes, but not all) - they will pay the charge for connecting to your mobile.

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Your old fashion Teddy91 , but you are right I still got a old GPO bakelite phone and it still works forget the Ipod's

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I have the lowest tv package you can have + 10mb broadband and landline. Rung them up and they said I would only be £1 better off if I got rid of the phone line so you can't win.

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My 50 Mb/s BB and Phone with unlimited 59Min calls bundle means that the phone side costs me roughly £2 a month after the bundle discount, during the month I make on average 20 – 35 Hours of calls, not what I would call too expensive.
Dread to think what I would pay if I used a mobile phone.

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...but surely that is winning. You appear to have a landline for £1 per month!

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I keep mine because it works even under the most extreme of weather conditions.

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I'll keep mine as well so people can get hold of me, it's registered with the doctor/dentist etc.

I just don't use it except when its free.

You know any landline provider is overcharging when calls from a mobile are cheaper.

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...and when they find out they will start using the BT trick.

You must use your landline at least two times a month or you will get a £1.50 per month surcharge for non-use.

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Oh God!!! That'll put the cat among the pigeons then :td:

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If it happens.......

Don't panic, Captain Mainwaring!

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BT's latest price change incorporated a ploy already used by Virgin Media - the removal of the paperless bill discount for new customers and a charge for getting a paper bill.

Like Virgin Media before them, BT are allowing those with the discount to keep it but how long before they remove it like Virgin Media did?

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I have just gone on to Giffgaff mobile sim, and it looks good. I have pick a goodybag for £5 that will give me 2p calls and 1p text it also give free unlimited calls to other Giffgaff users and free 0800 calls. Now why do I want to keep my landline.

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The VM Landline is the only annoying thing with these bundles, I don't use it and don't want it but to remove it will mean I pay more for my tv and broadband.

On the rare occassions I'm at home during working hours it's astonishing how many sales calls and 'wrong numbers' I get on the VM landline.
I should really just unplug the phone and only plug it back in when I call 151:D

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did you read the conditions.
then its 8p calls
virgins 8p sim is just as good or better

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o/t but i've just gone over to giffgaff for the unlimited internet at £10 a month with NO FUP, its totally unlimited, also get unlimited texts and 150 mins for that.
The best thing though is i'm with 18185 and from my mobile i can phone their access number FOC and only pay 1p a minute. :)

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The telcos in the country really are taking the mick with the connection charges and price per minute, is it any wonder people are looking for alternatives.
Does virgin have a light user tariff like BT ;)

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I changed to a dialer 2 months ago and just got a letter from virgin offering me FREE evening and weekend calls as long as I keep the contract worth £3.50 month,must be because they realise my calls have been diverted through another company

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Old fashioned!

Seriously though.. I'm a great believer in not relying on one single technology.. I may choose to make my outbound calls via mobile for cost & convenience, but I'll still keep the landline there...

- Cheaper incoming calls, and some people prefer to call landlines than mobiles.
- If my mobile network has any major outage, then I've not lost contact and have a landline to divert the mobile to.
- If there's a problem with my mobile account, I have a backup and means of actually reporting it etc.

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No light user tariff, but you can use First Telecom for your daytime/evening calls and get cheaper rates. Calls to 0845 numbers are also cheaper.