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im currently with virgin but wikk be changing providers as.
I'm still on copper cable broadband with only about 6-7Mb download speed. I pay £17.99 per month on a 18 month contract with Shell Broadband but there was about £70-80 cashback through topcashback and a free £100 amazon giftcard both of which I received. So its £18x18 minus (£175) so I'm paying about £8.30 a month in real terms and that includes a landline but no free call package except free calls to other Shell broadband customers which my mother is so I can call her free of charge. Like most people I have a reasonable amount of call time on my mobile package so use that for outgoing calls.
Next time I will upgrade to fibre I think as the cost is coming down considerably. I think this is the last time I will be on slow oldschool broadband.
Shell are not the friendliest of companies though and I definitely don't think their customer service is good.
BonzoBanana I have received an email from sky today saying my broadband is going up from £40 to £45 per month. I didn't even know I was paying £40 as my direct debit includes tv. So for me it is certainly not coming down, in fact I have never seen broadband that expensive elsewhere. I will definitely be finding another provider when the contract ends in September, in fact I will cancel all my sky service and just get a new broadband provider.
Lynibis So are you saying just the broadband part of your sky package is going to be £45 and you pay extra for the Sky tv package? I don't have any tv packages myself not even a tv license. I just use youtube with a advert blocker and kodi/vpn although kodi/vpn is limited to 480p and 720p I'm happy enough with that. Sounds like you could save a considerable amount of money if you went with a broadband offer elsewhere and maybe ditched Sky tv. Isn't Now TV fairly similar in what it provides and a lot cheaper. I did have sky tv many years ago even an analogue receiver when they first started. I even have a satellite dish on my house but its not connected to anything as I'm not allowed a live tv connection without a TV license.
BonzoBanana Yes, I have been paying 50.50 as I only have the very basic sky package which enables me to record but I cannot watch any sky channels. I only kept it because I had many history documentaries in my recordings. However, for what I am getting from Sky it is not worth keeping. About 3 times last month I had a whole day where the signal kept dropping while I was online and has already happened this month too.
I will check on MSE broadband deals when I receive the next newsletter.
We renewed our broadband with BT recently, not the cheapest. There are various deals and I know we paid so much up front.
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