BT Full Fibre 500Mb - £30.99pm for 24 months or 900Mb - £40.99pm for 24 months + £9.99 delivery (Select Locations) @ BT

The Game Pass offer is fine, BT just do a poor job of explaining how it works.

I recommend using the mobile Game Pass app (not the Xbox app). Click your profile
picture and take a screenshot of your expiry date. After this you can apply your BT promo, your current sub will
be paused with no time lost, and BT just add 1mth on a rolling basis until
your promo is over. Your paused sub will then resume.

You can go back to the Game Pass app each month to see you are gaining a month each time. I like to screenshot mine each month to ensure I get my full BT promo time.

To get the maximum value from this I would recommend doing the Gold conversion to get upto 3yrs of Ultimate for very cheap - if you are not already an active Ultimate subscriber. Let a month or two pass to get under the 3yr cap, then apply your BT promo. As this gets added monthly and you are always below the cap, you’ll basically be maxed out until your promo ends. (edited)

I signed up first week of May. Iv had 5 attempts to install, 1 no show and a mini hub which is capped at 20mbs. Not the best start to BT services.

I have heard some customers have had to wait a year because of “civil” works that need to be carried out in order to install the fibre to the house.

Rant over but be warned that if it’s not easy to get a ladder up your house to drill the wire in, you may experience some delay.

They do, it depends on the competition in the area.

They usually exclude existing customers from these deals (way to reward loyalty!) but you can always sign up with your partner's name for example and get these deals.

Their 500Mb package is £45/month

It's a voluntary scheme but most of the larger UK ISPs have signed up to it.

ofcom.org.uk/pho…now

Yes, you are right. It is all a joke. In a developed country, prices vary across regions/towns. CPI don't increase salaries in office. But it does increases the the cost of internet and telecom service prices even when we are on a "contract".

Worth waiting to see if that changes as I got £125 when I joined them last month.

Yes. 3.9% (RPI?) + inflation if I remember correctly. So an average £40 bill will go up by around £10-15 each April.

If you've got multiple people in the house / kids so there is often simultaneous streaming and gaming going on + added load of growing number of smart home connected devices like doorbells and security cameras - it becomes a requirement. Plus the fact that most times I look nowadays, the 500Mb+ deals are almost the same price as the lower speed ones so even if you don't need the speed, why pay the same for less?? (edited)

No they won't. They increase in April like everyone else.

From personal experience BT are quite happy to lock you in to another two years, but this has been me upgrading the service for the same money.

Could be totally different for a lower monthly price and it also depends if you're in an area that is included in this deal. Where we live there's no competition from cable so BT don't ever do these kind of deals. (edited)

Put a different post code (might have to do some testing to see which areas get the deal) in when you first get the quote, then change to your correct post code and address later in the order.

You need to cancel with your previous provider I believe.  Obviously it should be like other utilities where providers talk to each other but that would be too easy

Same, but until June next year -- make sure if you claimed the free Xbox Game Pass that you've turned off auto renewal otherwise that will add an extra tenner once they start charging!

I'm kicking myself every day for doing a 24 month renewal, never again

And what speeds is that? Dload limits etc?

why??? for what speed?

38?? bloody show off, lucky if i get 30 and i pay the robbing barstewards @ BT more than what there asking for 500 if only fibrus would hurry up and lay those damned cables

No guaranteed price rise throughout your contract

I nearly did likewise however there are a number of people on Vodafone complaining of poor latency depending on which gateway they connect to.

This has been going on a long time and while I imagine a lot of people are not affected it was enough to steer me away from them.

forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/…240

My contract’s up in 6 months on a BT900. Been waiting to see what the rebranding consists of and the new router etc, that’s why I haven’t renewed my contract a couple times when it was offering me a discount of £4 a month or called up demanding a better deal. Need that better router and even higher speeds!

Depends on area

Why?

Thanks for the info. Surely you have a right to cancel without charge if they're not delivering the speeds they advertised?

Yea I get that but there is a minimum speed you should get otherwise you have a case to cancel.

The imperative is to buy proper router. The routers from providers are usually rubbish.

If you want to get a new deal with your existing ISP provided it means they get a new contract commitment you will probably find there is some flexibility. Ultimately it's down to money....

What was your experience with BT out of interest?

I'm confused of your question... Having faster speeds to your door won't impact your internal network setup.