Re: BT or other service provider?
Originally Posted by
Bruce
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That's odd, when fibre to the home (NBN) arrived in this area, the copper was automatically disconnected so even if you only wanted a land line it went over the fibre.
The big advantage was no more line rental.
I suspect that BT is like our Telstra and the most expensive option available. I am sure you can shop around and get a better deal especially on your mobile phone.
Just to give you an idea the mobile phone company I am with offers unlimited texts and calls plus 1Gb of data for $10 (£5) a month. Personally I get 10Gb data, unlimited local and international calls and texts for $25 (£13) a month. So shop around.
I suspect my fibre data is more expensive than available in the UK I pay $79 (£40) a month for 500Gb data (inward) 100/40Mbs.
Bruce, here in the UK our communications are the biggest rip-off going, BT being the worst of these I reckon. My landline is necessary to have broadband, I have not made one call on it in the last four years as the copper cables are now 47 years' old and well past replacement date, this causes very poor landline service so I use my mobile all the time for calls – £12 ($23) a month for free texts, unlimited calls and 250Gb data. The landline costs me a £19 ($36) a month but I pay a year up front so saving one month's rental.
The broadband is fibre to the box in the village, about half a mile (.8k) away, but from there it's copper to my house and partly on overhead cables. Fortunately I do get good speeds and it's unlimited data for which I pay £27 ($51) a month, so far from cheap in total.
If you happen to be a sports fan there is BT's sports channel, that's another payment. Then there's the worst of the worst and something that's been a rip-off for years, BT's 'connection charge'. This originates from decades ago when the telephone service was not automated. An operator actually used to plug into a switchboard to connect calls, that was charged for and that charge remains today even though it's now completely automated, at 12p per call I believe in addition to the cost per minute for the call itself, or it may be more as it's increased from 2p to 12p in the 13 years I have lived in my present house – that's how I remember it increasing like it has!
What I find is very annoying is that fibre has now been put in down the road outside but BT want an additional £10 ($19) a month to change me over to that fibre, plus no doubt a charge for putting the fibre right up to the house.
The UK is one of the most expensive rip-off countries to live in I reckon for everything, I only wish I had emigrated to Australia as I wanted to 50 years' ago now!
Apologies, rant over and no idea how to convert our 12p and 2p to Australian dollars, I guess it's about 24 cents and 4 cents, if that's even the currency term used.