I recently tried to move from sky broadband and received an email asking me not to go. Phoned up order cancellations and I was offered free line rental worth £200 if i signed up for a new contract for 12 months. Copper broadband is free from sky and fibre is £10 per month, so depending what you choose Broadband could be free or £120 for the year. I reckon this deal would only work if you are an existing sky broadband customer and not in an contract with them for broadband.
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MCGONIS
1 Mar 16#1
Seems a good deal.. When you say that you recently tried to move, did you actually apply elsewhere?
lord_trumpington
1 Mar 16#2
I'm on a similar deal which I am only paying line rental for and getting broadband and SKY TV for free. The contract is up at the end of the month so I am mulling over what to do. This is worth knowing though, thanks for the tip.
BillyBits
1 Mar 16#3
Coming to the end of my Sky contract.
For the last 2 years I have had free line rental and £7.50 for broadband plus £5 for anytime calls when phoned about leaving. So £12.50/month for broadband/line rental/anytime calls on a one year contract.
It seems to be hit and miss who gets offered what as a retention.
BillyBits
core to BillyBits
6 Mar 16#24
Tried to get better offer from Sky when staying with them for a year after my contract ended. I didn't get anything except, like, 1 pound discount.
Moved further :>
(nota bene I find the practice of pushing line rental and phone plans to customers who don't want them outrageous)
wavefront
1 Mar 16#4
I just give them a buzz and they offered me a free router and that’s it :disappointed:
I guess its luck of the draw. I think I will rely move from them now as they keep increasing their charges.
Maureen736
1 Mar 162#5
I was on the carphone warehouse deal which gave free tv bundle and broadband all for price of line rental for 12 months. It was due to finish in March so called them to cancel in hope of another deal. TV channels were not too important to me but i wanted to keep the broadband at lowest price possible. After a bit of haggling and pointing out the many free broadband deals available elsewhere I got 12months free broadband with line rental at £7 and retention of sky plus for £10 so total of £17 a month without tv bundle.i agreed to this. 2 days later got a phone call asking if I wanted to keep tv bundle for £23 a month with no contract. I said I didn't want to pay any more than I had agreed and he offered me £100 credit to use towards the tv channels which can be cancelled when credit is used up.
ghandi23091
1 Mar 161#6
Yes, I applied to BT.. so an active line takeover was happening. I reckon this is why the email was sent... but I'm sure if you called up saying you were thinking of changing supplier and you had heard of this deal, it would be a clincher for you to stay.. blah blah... only saying worth a shot if you are in the situation.. so not for everyone.
adm9147 to ghandi23091
2 Mar 161#12
Was it easy to cancel your new deal with BT?
ghandi23091
1 Mar 16#7
Also note, that I was onto Order provisioning team and they couldn't offer the deal... when I was sent to Order Cancellations team, they informed me that it was an active deal.
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For the last 2 years I have had free line rental and £7.50 for broadband plus £5 for anytime calls when phoned about leaving. So £12.50/month for broadband/line rental/anytime calls on a one year contract.
It seems to be hit and miss who gets offered what as a retention.
BillyBits
Moved further :>
(nota bene I find the practice of pushing line rental and phone plans to customers who don't want them outrageous)
I guess its luck of the draw. I think I will rely move from them now as they keep increasing their charges.