Whilst on the phone to o2 a couple of months ago to change my Broadband payment details, the chap asked me if I needed help with anything else. I said everything was fine and that I was so happy with o2 that I wish they did a home phone, enabling me to move away from BT and use o2 for everything: mobile, broadband and home phone. He said that they were looking into doing that, but I didn’t give it much thought until yesterday when I discovered that o2 are launching their Home Phone in March.
I’m absolutely delighted with this news. Being able to finally move away from BT is a dream come true, whom I pay in excess of £100 per quarter to for my home phone. With o2 I will pay just £20 per month for Home Phone *and* Broadband – a saving of £40 per quarter. They have two packages available, ‘Evening & Weekend’ for £9.50 per month and ‘Anytime’ for £12.50 per month – both package prices include line rental. I am opting for the latter as it gives me unlimited calls to UK landlines at any time. So, that together with the £7.50 per month I pay for o2 Broadband I will be paying just £20 per month. You can see details on the tariffs at this page and also register your interest, here.
Roll on March. It’s going to be a very sweet day when I can smile and wave bye bye to BT.
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16 Jan 10
6:04 pm
Do check out TalkTalk before you make a decision. I know they were rightly criticised when they first rolled out their phone and broadband package but things seem to have settled down now. I certainly have no complaints and neither does my neighbour.
I pay £20 per month for phone and broadband. This includes line rental and all phone calls, including ones to 28 other countries. I regularly call France at no extra cost. There is a rule about not speaking for longer than an hour (just hang up before and call again!) and I pay a bit extra to avoid paying for 0870 calls.
Don’t know if my package is still available but it is very good.
16 Jan 10
6:12 pm
Hi John. My Aunt is on TalkTalk and her package is very good indeed. I considered moving there everytime my BT bill came in. However, I am so happy with every aspect of o2 (price/service reliability/customer support) that I’ve no plans to move anywhere else now that Home Phone is coming for the same price as TalkTalk – and sounds like the package features (with regards to international calls) are pretty much identical to o2.
16 Jan 10
6:16 pm
That’s good, Sam. Just thought I’d mention it. What you need now is for o2 to reward your loyalty with a free iPhone when the new one comes out.
16 Jan 10
6:20 pm
Haha, that would be nice
16 Jan 10
8:20 pm
free iphone? HA – just had to pay through the nose to get the 3gs upgrade.
I know the 4th gen may just be round the corner, but I have that covered – the wifes contract is up in June, and then she can have my shiny new 3gs … WHAT? that’s reasonable, right? haha
o2 homephone, may just do that. Will Sky be pissed though? You’re meant to have a BT landline right?
21 Jan 10
9:58 pm
Hey Stu! Haha, that sounds perfectly reasonable to me
Really looking forward to the new iPhone this year.
I’m not sure what the deal is with SKY, but I would imagine a BT line is needed for that.
26 Jan 10
8:03 am
Shame that they are not a LLU provider on my exchange otherwise I would have taken them up on this.
However, not going on O2 Access for Broadband.
29 Jan 10
2:42 pm
SKY need a BT line, which is a shame.
TalkTalk are fine if you’re lucky and get a solid line and connection, but if your equipment or line is temperamental then they have a nasty habit of fobbing people off and telling them it’s their PC/Mac equipment which is at fault.
I can think of at least one occasion where a TalkTalk advisor told a customer that their Mac was the problem, as TalkTalk don’t provide OS X drivers for the Wireless Modem/Router, and that they’d need to purchase a Windows-based PC to use the service!!
We tested the machine thoroughly with no replication of the fault, and suggested the user have a stern word with their ISP. :p