£8.99 Line rental plus FREE evening and weekend UK landline calls @ Primus

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  higgzy2 years, 10 months ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  Considering BTs line rental is going to be around £12/month when it goes up 50p soon and £9.50/month if you pay for a year in advance, this doesnt seem a bad deal. Cant talk for the quality of service. Does anyone use Primus?
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  scoopy2scoops2 years, 10 months ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  beware I did this and had a nightmare when it came to changing Broadband suppliers 12 months later, only do this IMHO if you want to stick with your current BB for the long term.
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  MBeeching2 years, 10 months ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  Shame it's an 18 month contract, otherwise I'd change my BT line.
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  Butterbean2 years, 10 months ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  Anything that isn't talktalk gets heat from me.
  Two yoghurt cartons and a piece of string would be an improvement on talktalk :)
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  scoopy2scoops2 years, 10 months ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  BT is a total rip off but it's worth it for the flexibility of being able to swap your BB around fairly easily. Wish I was in a virgin area.
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  redjay12 years, 10 months ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews145423.html
  
  Looked promising til I read the reviews.
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  thepearce2 years, 10 months ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  MBeeching

  Shame it's an 18 month contract, otherwise I'd change my BT line.

  
  
  It used to be this (at the time better) price going via homephonechoices. I can see the primus (direct) link states 18 months. Oddly the deal via homephonechoices is still *advertising* 12 months contract.
  
  http://www.homephonechoices.co.uk/partner-ns~guk-home_phone_choices/primus-exclusive-line-rental.html
  
  12 months is too long for me otherwise I'd have switched. Ended up going to post office - not a great rate but £15 cashback and no minimum term.
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  Skybird2 years, 10 months ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  Does anyone know if the free calls include 0870/0845 numbers currently included in BT's package
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  Cozworth8062 years, 10 months ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  Its a 12 month contract thru Uswitch, and you can get £16 thru quidco. (Have done done it)
  Peak calls are just 3p per min too.
  
  Have had CPS thru Primus for ages and not had an issue
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  seba6722 years, 10 months ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  why pay for landline if u can have a free one via broadband link, there its no monthly bills, and any bolts on etc. u can do it itself with no charge at all, all u need its a broadband ( sipgate its good for in- calls and any betamax for out going calls ). If u dont have a broadband then i think best option its o2 if u r existing customer via quidco with cash back 9,5 month cheapest 12 moths contract but u have 2 be a o2 customer
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  migwella2 years, 10 months ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  Can you have one of these lines and have broadband with someone else like bethere or freeola?
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  halfpenny2 years, 10 months ago #12Show comment toolsReply

  To get broadband I would need a landline as I don't have cable.
  
  Unfortunately my line is too long according to Openreach for me to get broadband, I am using a mobile dongle but some mobile broadband dongle providers don't allow VOIP.
  
  This deal might appeal to some but long contracts are the problem for me although I believe the PO is one month contract for a phoneline.
  
  I'd like to try phonecalls using VOIP.
  

  
  Edited By: halfpenny on Aug 19, 2010 19:03: extra info
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  fishmaster2 years, 10 months ago #13Show comment toolsReply

  This sounds good, as soon as my rip off enforced contract with BT is up I will be changing. Moved house at start of the year and had to pay the £125 rip off reconnection fee and forced in to a 12 month contract. BT phoned me with deals last month and I said there's no chance I'm signing up for anything with you lot again, as soon as I can I will move. So come January next year it's good bye rip off BT. I wish I knew about this company before I got ripped off by BT, maybe the deal wasn't about then. Phone Primus I have to pay BT to get out of the contract, I expected that after all it is a contract. Just wish BT didn't force you in to a 12 month contract, if you're as highly strung and irate as me you are chomping at the bit to get rid of them but I won't pay them £70 to get out of the contract.
  
  
  

  
  Edited By: fishmaster on Aug 19, 2010 19:19: BT hatred lol
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  pet20002 years, 10 months ago #14Show comment toolsReply

  They are very shy giving information about their service and call charges on their web site (I couldn't find any info). What I want to know is, do I get these services free (which I have free with BT):
  Answer Service, Caller Display, Number Blocking. What are the prices for International calls? Do they allow third party providers? How much is the connections charge for chargeable calls?
  O2 does not provide any of those services for free. BT for me is still the cheapest Landline you can get at the moment, with those services included (until somebody proves otherwise).
  

  
  Edited By: pet2000 on Aug 19, 2010 19:22: spell
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  pibpob2 years, 10 months ago #15Show comment toolsReply

  seba672

  why pay for landline if u can have a free one via broadband link

  Because not all landline providers are the same. For instance, many won't allow cheaper calls to be made via override numbers that you find on MSE's callchecker.
  

  migwella

  Can you have one of these lines and have broadband with someone else like bethere or freeola?

  Yes - I transferred and from BT and it had no effect on my (non-BT) ADSL whatsoever.
  

  pet2000

  They are very shy giving information about their service and call charges on their web site (I couldn't find any info).

  See MSE - this is how I found out about Primus in the first place. Override numbers, as I've already said, work, so you will always be able to get the cheapest international calls. I was on the non-free Callminder and they overcharge for this so don't get it (difficult to buy a phone without an answering machine nowadays and the only advantage of Callminder over that is that it can take a call if you're on the phone). I've jumped ship from BT line rental after more than 20 years for this and I didn't take the decision lightly.
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  callum99992 years, 10 months ago #16Show comment toolsReply

  Butterbean

  Anything that isn't talktalk gets heat from me.
  Two yoghurt cartons and a piece of string would be an improvement on talktalk :)

  
  
  Really? I can get a reliable 14mb speed with no drop-outs and national/international calls by using yoghurt cartons and string?
  
  (Obviously you were joking, but individual experiences are completely pointless. I can guarantee you will find someone with that opinion with virtually every ISP available - including primus).
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  Going_Digital2 years, 10 months ago #17Show comment toolsReply

  MBeeching

  Shame it's an 18 month contract, otherwise I'd change my BT line.

  
  
  Not ONLY is it an 18 month contract it is an AUTO RENEWING 18 month contract, so if you do not give the required notice before the end of the 18 months you are automatically enrolled for another 18 months !!
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  Evz19742 years, 10 months ago #18Show comment toolsReply

  Butterbean

  Anything that isn't talktalk gets heat from me.
  Two yoghurt cartons and a piece of string would be an improvement on talktalk :)

  
  
  Talk talk phone service I have never had a problem with, not touched the interwebs service via them though but they work out a lot cheaper than BT for my calls etc abroad, 08 numbers and so on.
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  robbsafc2 years, 10 months ago #19Show comment toolsReply

  I have Primus on a 12 month contract and noticed I got a few more junk calls after joining them. That's despite have Anonymous caller reject and being ex-directory. Their customer service sounds like it's not based in the UK as when I had to ring them before the English spoken by the customer service agent wasn't that great.
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  pibpob2 years, 10 months ago #20Show comment toolsReply

  Evz1974

  Talk talk phone service I have never had a problem with, not touched the interwebs service via them though but they work out a lot cheaper than BT for my calls etc abroad, 08 numbers and so on.

  I'm afraid they don't. For example, 0845 weekdays - BT 2p/min; TalkTalk 5.8p/min! That's the only comparison I made; for other numbers, TalkTalk might be cheaper but that's the whole point - if you want to get the cheapest calls you have to make the effort to compare the options you have, and you have to be able to dial override numbers (the green and blue ones on the link), which you can with BT and Primus lines, but not with some of the others...
  

  
  Edited By: pibpob on Aug 19, 2010 21:40: .

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