  |  Flame Thrower Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 801 |
o2 Broadband Standard - Effectively £5.50/mo (Better deal with the Be one!) if you have an o2 mobile!
£5.50
PLEASE NOTE: This is intended to show that o2 broadband gives better value than Be, but this is assuming you already have an o2 mobile (contract or P&G) to benefit from the £5/mo broadband discount
Be give you the first 12 months half price, working out at £6.75 a month. That's £81 over the contract length. With this, you get up to 8mbit speeds.
If you look at the o2 standard package, it is £7.34 a month, but you get the first 3 months free (before 31st October - same expiry as the Be* offer) which means it costs you £66.06 over the contract length. So, right away your already saving £14.94, and your also getting free McAfee internet security, 100 web texts a month, 1GB email account etc.
Now, let's consider Quidco for a moment. If you took the Be* deal, it's effectively £41 over a year, working out at £3.33 a month. Quidco give £50 for the o2 Standard package, which brings it to £16.06 over a year, working out at £1.34 a month.
So, if your after value for money then there's no competition - o2 wins hands down. Remember o2 own Be* so they use the same network & equipment at the exchange. It's a no brainer!
Im confused why the Be* one got so much heat considering the above. But, hope I can help make some peoples wallets a bit happier!
PS. With the current 3 month offer, Quidco also offer £75 cashback on the Premium (20mbit) package. That works out to be £13.11 over a year, making it effectively £1.10 a month! So if quidco tracks, this is obviously the best value broadband on the planet.
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looks like an awesome deal
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Also, if you joined o2 broadband during September, give them a call about it and they will give you a month free to match the current 3 months free offer
 It's not advertised anywhere, but they will know what your talking about.edit: Didnt notice that one... when I submitted the 'deal' after seeing the Be* one, I didnt notice it in the list. My bad. |
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Last edited by pet2000 : 17-10-2009 at 12:20. |
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Last edited by mk-donald : 21-10-2009 at 15:59. Reason: Updated cost comparison PDF |
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You do not want O2 access (ADSL not LLU) at the moment.
What is O2 Home Broadband Access? LLU on BE is OK as far as I know.  Last edited by BritBrat : 18-10-2009 at 07:35. |
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pet2000:
You cannot assume that people have o2, if they do, they surely know about this offer anyway. Quidco is a maybe. So, if you are a gambler and also on o2, then your caculation is right. I personally wouldn't rely on any cash back promise, too often they are not paid out, especially when high amounts are promised. For me a good offer need to have a straight forward quoted price which is guaranteed. Quidco is a bonus if paid out but I would never decide to enter a contract on quidco/topcashback promises. |
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