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Old 02-05-2015, 08:49
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From 1 June the price for Plus TV, phone and broadband will increase to £20/month.

They keep calling me to try and get me to upgrade to fibre, even though I say adsl does everything I need. Are they increasing the price of non fibre to reduce the price difference?
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Old 02-05-2015, 09:03
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Same all round, Sky/Virgin
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Old 02-05-2015, 09:24
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Thinking long term, upgrading to fibre should be a logical step. Netflix are already streaming 4K material (not on YouView yet because the box can't output it - at least I don't think it can), but surely that is just a matter of time (and, presumably, a new box). There was an announcement just a few weeks ago of a new compression method that could make 4K transmissions a mainstream reality one day. Upgrading to fibre would prepare you for that and also provide the headroom to keep your Internet channels from dropping out if other people on the same router are surfing the Net at the same time. I don't know whether you suffer from that, but it can happen if your speed isn't much above the minimum 5Mbps.
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Old 02-05-2015, 10:04
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From 1 June the price for Plus TV, phone and broadband will increase to £20/month.

They keep calling me to try and get me to upgrade to fibre, even though I say adsl does everything I need. Are they increasing the price of non fibre to reduce the price difference?
From what I have seen and been told, FTTC will go up by the same price as it is only a dd on, so the price gap between ADSL and FTTC will stay the same.
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Old 02-05-2015, 10:10
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Thinking long term, upgrading to fibre should be a logical step. Netflix are already streaming 4K material (not on YouView yet because the box can't output it - at least I don't think it can), but surely that is just a matter of time (and, presumably, a new box). There was an announcement just a few weeks ago of a new compression method that could make 4K transmissions a mainstream reality one day. Upgrading to fibre would prepare you for that and also provide the headroom to keep your Internet channels from dropping out if other people on the same router are surfing the Net at the same time. I don't know whether you suffer from that, but it can happen if your speed isn't much above the minimum 5Mbps.
Some people are fine with ADSL, I know a few people that is still on ADSL and have no reason to move, they get a good speed that does what they want.
If I lived closed to the exchange I would have gone to ADSL as well.
FTTC is more expensive than ADSL, Ten quid more at least with Talk Talk, £4 for plusnet.
Also, 4K users are still a minority and well be for some time.
Oh yes, try streaming 4K on a basic 38Mb/s connection and doing a couple of other things and the net comes to a standstill and that was on a Talk Talk FTTC connection at around 38Mb/s. I am sure that it would be no better on any other network.
Pretty impressive once it gets going.
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Old 02-05-2015, 12:39
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Thinking long term, upgrading to fibre should be a logical step. Netflix are already streaming 4K material (not on YouView yet because the box can't output it - at least I don't think it can), but surely that is just a matter of time (and, presumably, a new box). There was an announcement just a few weeks ago of a new compression method that could make 4K transmissions a mainstream reality one day. Upgrading to fibre would prepare you for that and also provide the headroom to keep your Internet channels from dropping out if other people on the same router are surfing the Net at the same time. I don't know whether you suffer from that, but it can happen if your speed isn't much above the minimum 5Mbps.
I don't have a 4k tv and I rearly stream tv. ADSL is perfectly good for what I need.
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Old 04-05-2015, 07:13
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Oh yes, try streaming 4K on a basic 38Mb/s connection and doing a couple of other things and the net comes to a standstill and that was on a Talk Talk FTTC connection at around 38Mb/s. I am sure that it would be no better on any other network.
Pretty impressive once it gets going.
The new compression method that was announced a few weeks ago will require nothing like the bandwidth that 4K currently does, so it should work perfectly well on a basic 38Mbps connection and still leave room for other people to surf the Net. It won't happen for some time, though, because it is still in development. That is why I mentioned thinking long-term in my post.
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Old 04-05-2015, 09:06
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The new compression method that was announced a few weeks ago will require nothing like the bandwidth that 4K currently does, so it should work perfectly well on a basic 38Mbps connection and still leave room for other people to surf the Net. It won't happen for some time, though, because it is still in development. That is why I mentioned thinking long-term in my post.
The problem with compression is you lose quality, you only have to look at HD and SD on Freeview TV and also on some sat channels and see what more and more compression have done over the years.
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Old 04-05-2015, 10:43
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The article I read said that picture quality would be unaffected. I suppose it depends ultimately on how big your screen is and how closely you scrutinise it, but the proof of the pudding will be in the eating.

Everything is compressed. I am currently working my way through 'Heroes' on Netflix (delivered via YouView) and the HD picture quality is superb, even though it must be compressed. I don't have a 4K TV (or fibre optics, as yet), but I imagine that I will have both in the fulness of time. Compression involves compromise, inevitably, but if a small amount of quality has to be traded in order to make the goal achievable, I would regard that as acceptable.
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Old 13-05-2015, 15:35
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I joined Talk Talk 18 months ago, when the full price for the Plus TV package was £15pm. The latest rise means it will have gone up 30% in 18 months, which is slightly above the current rate of inflation....
Plus there is no discount available anymore for pre-purchasing line rental, which is in effect another price rise.
The justifications given in the email from Talk Talk for this latest rise are basically the same ones they gave for when it went up from £15 to £17.50. Sorry, you can't use the same reasons twice.
The main advantage for me joining Talk Talk was the price. It certainly isn't the YouView box which is soooo slow starting up, changing channels and doing most functions.
Not sure if I'm tied in for 18 or 24 months but the truth is, I don't need or want a lot of the 'extras' Talk Talk give so I will probably drop down to a more basic Freeview package.
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Old 14-05-2015, 12:00
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Plus there is no discount available anymore for pre-purchasing line rental, which is in effect another price rise.
I've just checked the Account section and under - Manage my bill > Value Line Rental it states
"Pay your annual line rental in one lump sum and save 10%. Do it anytime - it won't affect your contract length or bill date."
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Old 15-05-2015, 15:40
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I've just checked the Account section and under - Manage my bill > Value Line Rental it states
"Pay your annual line rental in one lump sum and save 10%. Do it anytime - it won't affect your contract length or bill date."
Good to know.
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Old 26-06-2015, 21:06
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I joined Talk Talk 18 months ago, when the full price for the Plus TV package was £15pm. The latest rise means it will have gone up 30% in 18 months, which is slightly above the current rate of inflation....
Plus there is no discount available anymore for pre-purchasing line rental, which is in effect another price rise.
The justifications given in the email from Talk Talk for this latest rise are basically the same ones they gave for when it went up from £15 to £17.50. Sorry, you can't use the same reasons twice.
The main advantage for me joining Talk Talk was the price. It certainly isn't the YouView box which is soooo slow starting up, changing channels and doing most functions.
Not sure if I'm tied in for 18 or 24 months but the truth is, I don't need or want a lot of the 'extras' Talk Talk give so I will probably drop down to a more basic Freeview package.
Is that price you quote just for the TV package? Just wondering as I have phone and TV with them and I pay more. Although I've been with them a few years now and new customers always get a better deal.

It drives me mad though as they keep putting the price up. A while ago they gave us free Sky channels and put the price up I told them I didn't need the extra channels and they gave me a discount for 6months (I think). As they regularly put their prices up citing improvements in service delivery, more channels etc I was going to leave and looked at just getting a phone/broadband deal but it seems TV packages are free or almost free - it's the phone and broadband you're paying for. I looked at loads of deals and phoned TT to say I was leaving, they offered me a discount which I accepted. After thinking about it for a while I decided to still leave so phoned agian and they offered me an extra £2 off wihich I accepted. Then 2weeks later got an email saying they were putting their prices up yet again! I'm seriously thinking of leaving and paying the early termination fee.
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Old 29-06-2015, 06:39
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Is that price you quote just for the TV package? Just wondering as I have phone and TV with them and I pay more. Although I've been with them a few years now and new customers always get a better deal.

It drives me mad though as they keep putting the price up. A while ago they gave us free Sky channels and put the price up I told them I didn't need the extra channels and they gave me a discount for 6months (I think). As they regularly put their prices up citing improvements in service delivery, more channels etc I was going to leave and looked at just getting a phone/broadband deal but it seems TV packages are free or almost free - it's the phone and broadband you're paying for. I looked at loads of deals and phoned TT to say I was leaving, they offered me a discount which I accepted. After thinking about it for a while I decided to still leave so phoned agian and they offered me an extra £2 off wihich I accepted. Then 2weeks later got an email saying they were putting their prices up yet again! I'm seriously thinking of leaving and paying the early termination fee.
I think it is very unfair they can increase the price mid contact but we are "fined" if we terminate early.
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Old 29-06-2015, 12:46
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I think it is very unfair they can increase the price mid contact but we are "fined" if we terminate early.
You can cancel. From MoneySavingExpert.com

Can I leave my contract penalty free?

Affected customers can leave penalty free as a result of the price rises by contacting TalkTalk within 30 days of receiving their price notification letter.
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