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We want to change our broadband as Sky broadband has got too expensive - despite being long term customers and haggling with them (it was £44 pm) they still won't match several other providers 'new customer' offers.

Can anyone recommend a better alternative? Thanks!

Update - any ‘reviews’ of EE broadband would be useful as my phone account is with them so I may be able to bargain…

Edited by Naiada

Recommend Community Fibre, if you have their network in your area.

Otherwise, neighbours recommend Vodafone fibre broadband which operates over BT network and also cheaper than Sky for new customers.

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I've been stuck on Plusnet ADSL for far too long after my initial contract, with a rate including a wired phoneline that's substantially more than the figure above.  If/when I switch to fibre and VOIP with whomever, will I be able to count on its having CLI and voicemail much as I currently have?   And has anyone managed to squeeze a deal from their longstanding provider that doesn't in the first instance include a commitment to pay off the whole of a new time-limited contract (say the ?usual 18m) if you leave it early?

Sally Eva, what gets you out of the contract you've just accepted with the new provider, after your laggard current ISP comes up with a better offer?  Statutory cooling off period perhaps?

 

Edited by ianr

Not sure if this is relevant, as I am old bat, but if you are on benefits, most of the providers will offer you more or less speed at same price as other people pay but I hasten to add - depends how clued up sales rep is - usually some call centre somewhere and sadly, can’t get super super fast. Worth looking into thou..

Sorry, should have read reduced price

We've had Community Fibre for 3 years and it's the most reliable internet provider we've had. in the whole time we've had one outage which just needed a router reboot, if you use this link to order you get a £50 gift card (and so do I)! 

 

https://communityfibre.co.uk/friends?ci=621iyIGVtBHTIA9UwyyRKg%3D%3D

Edited by pablogrande
17 hours ago, ianr said:

I've been stuck on Plusnet ADSL for far too long after my initial contract, with a rate including a wired phoneline that's substantially more than the figure above.  If/when I switch to fibre and VOIP with whomever, will I be able to count on its having CLI and voicemail much as I currently have?   And has anyone managed to squeeze a deal from their longstanding provider that doesn't in the first instance include a commitment to pay off the whole of a new time-limited contract (say the ?usual 18m) if you leave it early?

Sally Eva, what gets you out of the contract you've just accepted with the new provider, after your laggard current ISP comes up with a better offer?  Statutory cooling off period perhaps?

 

I have Plusnet. I've been with them for years, and  I switched to fibre some time ago.

Threaten to leave them and I'm sure you'll be fine money wise. Get armed with price comparisons first 😀

18 hours ago, ianr said:

I've been stuck on Plusnet ADSL for far too long after my initial contract, with a rate including a wired phoneline that's substantially more than the figure above.  If/when I switch to fibre and VOIP with whomever, will I be able to count on its having CLI and voicemail much as I currently have?   And has anyone managed to squeeze a deal from their longstanding provider that doesn't in the first instance include a commitment to pay off the whole of a new time-limited contract (say the ?usual 18m) if you leave it early?

Sally Eva, what gets you out of the contract you've just accepted with the new provider, after your laggard current ISP comes up with a better offer?  Statutory cooling off period perhaps?

 

I didn't try to get out of the new contract. There is the statutory cooling off period (as you say) and I was very fed up with being messed about. I just switched. 

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