Recently Moved House

I have recently moved and as such I am going through the process of setting up Broadband. The discussions about setting this up have been very interesting and I thought I would capture some of the dialogue.

BT, we don’t currently supply BT Infinity, that will be available in November for your area. We can offer you 12MB Broadband. However that is on an 18 month contract, and I would not be able to upgrade to BT Infinity at big costs. Also for some reason their packages came out about £5 more than everybody else, and ironically they had the highest line rental. I am still trying to unpick the packages which are far from simple. They also got a little upset when I told them I don’t use the landline as I have a mobile phone.

Sky, I spent quite a while chatting to, we got all the way through to the bit where I mentioned a cable. At this stage the agent on the phone said they only supply a dish. My new property is both very old (1800′s) and listed, so very unlikely this is going to be a success.

Virgin, they were very helpful and their package is really compelling both on price and features. The 3 channel, 1TB Tivo box is a real deal maker. However they need to know what my property is made of, and also need clearance from the Freeholder of the block to go ahead with it all. I have my fingers crossed the Freeholder says ‘yes’ and that they can install it with minimum impact on the property.

Hopefully in 3 weeks time I will have a full Broadband + Phone + TV package to rival the best. However the slightest glitch in the process and I will have to go with 12MB copper wire and no HD TV. So cross all your fingers for me, and I will keep you updated on how I get along.

 

 

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