Re: Landline too expensive
 

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. :)

back on topic

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.