British Gas/Sky Broadband offer

Mr Pringle

07-11-2006

We've just had a phone call from British Gas offering us Sky TV, Sky broadband and the associated phone line... with free calls day and night to landlines.

They're offering two Sky TV 'mixes' for £11.25 a month, the broadband - up to 16Mbps, unlimited - for £10 a month and the phone line for £5 a month with the free calls.

According to them, this should include the whole shebang of free TV installation, etc.

But I have a couple of questions before all the NTL services we have are cancelled: firstly, we haven't currently got a BT line at all... one would need to be installed. They've said this will be free - won't we have to pay BT?

Secondly, will there be a BT line rental to pay?

And.. are there any other hidden charges that they'll want? It's all very good compared to the current £10 - £24.99 - £15 we're paying NTL.. but so long as they're not hiding all sorts of stuff!

Mr Pringle

07-11-2006

Ha, scratch that... just been on the phone to NTL. They're going to give us 4Mbps broadband, Talk Unlimited 24 and the Base Pack for TV for £25 a month. Woo.

Should've tried to get 10Mbps broadband out of them.. but oh well.

Heinz

07-11-2006

Glad to hear BG gave you the ammunition to batter NTL's price down.

Pity though, I'd have suggested you got them to put the part about the BT line installtion being free in writing - because I reckon it would've cost £124.99.

Plus, of course, the Sky Talk £5/month calls thing is a CPS service and requires a BT line. Hence, £11/month rental after the line's installed.
Last edited by Heinz : 07-11-2006 at 14:35

Mr Pringle

07-11-2006

Ahh, I didn't realise it was through Sky Talk, which I remember from years back. I wasn't intirely sure how they were planning to work it.

I thought there'd be a BT line installation charge as obviously Sky Broadband can't do this themselves with BT's domination, etc.

Ah well - at least NTL have been battered down a bit. It's also quite nice that they've halved our current bill that's due to be paid (£70 down to £35!).

craigE

05-12-2006

British Gas and Sky huh??

How does that work then?

As i see it, British Gas is a part of onetel/centrica who got bought out by opal telecom/core telecom who are now owned by talk talk,

Can anyone enlighten me please?

YouKnowIAmSexy

05-12-2006

British Gas / Centrica sold off OneTel to CPW.

British Gas / Centrica therefore no longer has anything to do with OneTel.

British Gas / Centrica has decided to strike some sort of deal with Sky.

Heinz

05-12-2006

Originally Posted by YouKnowIAmSexy:
“British Gas / Centrica sold off OneTel to CPW.

British Gas / Centrica therefore no longer has anything to do with OneTel.

British Gas / Centrica has decided to strike some sort of deal with Sky.”

I'm not so sure now.

I've just been on the BG website and using the word 'sky' for a search produces no results?

However, clicking on their BRITISH GAS HOMEPHONE link is enlightening!

(I've cut and pasted the text below because I think that link is one of those annoying time-limited ones and will stop working after a while).

Quote:
“Here at British Gas we are constantly striving to ensure we offer our customers great value for money and first class service at all times. That's why we've got together with TalkTalk fom The Carphone Warehouse to offer you a great phone package that could save you money.

£1000 Challenge - Cheaper phone bill compared to that on an equivalent BT Together Option package or TalkTalk will give you £1,000. A £5 per month minimum call spend applies to any £1,000 challenge claim.

Talk 1

[list][*] are you paying too much for your phone bill? Pay the same tariff price as BT Together Option 1, but get all the TalkTalk benefits[*] unlimited number of inclusive local and national calls to other TalkTalk UK fixed line residential customers[/list]Talk 2 - 6 month inclusive offer [list][*] unlimited number of inclusive evening and weekend calls to all UK 01 & 02 numbers - no call plan charge for first 6 months[*] line rental charged at £11 per month[*] only British Gas customers are eligible to get this great 6 month inclusive offer[/list]Talk 3 - 3 month inclusive offer [list][*] unlimited number of inclusive calls to any local and national UK landline number, anytime - no call plan charge for first 3 months[*]line rental charged at £11 per month[*] you could save up to £38 against BT's Together Option 3 standard package fee in the first year[*] only British Gas customers are eligible to get this great 3 month inclusive offer[/list]Want to sign up to TalkTalk at British Gas?

If you would like to take advantage of this fantastic offer, please call us on 0845 600 5122.

Switching takes about 28 days[/color] [list][*] you'll keep your existing telephone number[*] once you register, you will receive a recorded message in the next few days to inform you that your order has been accepted by TalkTalk[*] by taking your line rental from TalkTalk you will receive just one monthly bill”

[/list]Time to investigate other options I think!
Last edited by Heinz : 05-12-2006 at 10:36

YouKnowIAmSexy

05-12-2006

Yes they did a deal with CPW when they sold OneTel to them, same as they have recently done a deal with Sky.