Prices

Now that TalkTalk are offering 900Mb fibre for £21.70 per month including line rental, any chance that Hyperoptic will bring its prices down? (Expected answer:no.)

The problem is there's no competition. Hyperoptic are generally only in developments where you can't get fibre, so no incentive to lower prices. If you are up for renewal, you might be able to negotiate some discounts if you commit to another 12 months.

I would like to see them introduce new packages, maybe a 500meg speed, but they aren't really known for innovating.

In reply to a post by Nissemus_UK:

Now that TalkTalk are offering 900Mb fibre for £21.70 per month including line rental, any chance that Hyperoptic will bring its prices down? (Expected answer:no.)

You can have my FTTC and i'll have and pay for your HO anytime.

You clearly don't know how lucky you are!

In reply to a post by Nissemus_UK:

Now that TalkTalk are offering 900Mb fibre for £21.70 per month including line rental, any chance that Hyperoptic will bring its prices down? (Expected answer:no.)

Sorry but whats wrong with £47 a month??

The TalkTalk prices won't stay that low for long... and even if they did there would be issues with the service...

If you don't like paying for a fast broadband service then maybe I should divert your attention to this...

Ooo not bad, its free at the moment.... don't worry if its only 2meg and a little flakey at peak times... that obviously not important to you

In reply to a post by mlmclaren:

Sorry but whats wrong with £47 a month??

It's not £47 a month, it's £63 a month. That's nearly three times the TalkTalk price.

If they think they can provide a service at that price, I think that's a legitimate topic for discussion. I was simply asking a question; I don't see the need for people to get so shirty.

Edited by deleted (Mon 14-Sep-15 02:34:39)

Can we please have the URLs that shows those prices for each company to see if we are comparing like with like?

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isp/talktalk/package/1...

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isp/hyperoptic.html

Though have yet to see a live TalkTalk UFO customer, lots of roadworks.

In reply to a post by Nissemus_UK:

In reply to a post by mlmclaren:

Sorry but whats wrong with £47 a month??

It's not £47 a month, it's £63 a month. That's nearly three times the TalkTalk price.

If they think they can provide a service at that price, I think that's a legitimate topic for discussion. I was simply asking a question; I don't see the need for people to get so shirty.

My apologies, yes it is £63 with Phone Line still, this is the cost of "simultaneous" gigabit service... if your finding the costs to high I would suggest downgrading!

I'm sorry if you feel I'm getting a bit too "shirty" with my comments but IMO the reason we have such poor broadband availability in this country is due to the funding availability being tiny and again IMO the only reason we have what we have now is due to Government applying for another payday loan so we can compete with Europe!

To be honest I haven't really looked at Hyperoptic much as its not available to me and currently I can't find anyway of finding where it is available so no idea where I could move to get it!

But I looked at there prices and I feel they are quite fair and inline with providers such as Virgin Media and BT!

I've always been of the opinion that it's TalkTalk CS staff who came here on a UFO...

In reply to a post by Nissemus_UK:

In reply to a post by mlmclaren:

Sorry but whats wrong with £47 a month??

It's not £47 a month, it's £63 a month.

Bargain! Where do I sign?

The problem is that Talk Talk are not really a competitor for Hyperoptic customers.

With fibre (FTTP) the performance can very much depend on the capacity of the back haul. You might have a Gigabit connection speed, but the useable download speed might be much less. - Unlike ADSL/VDSL where line length and cross talk issues can have a dominant impact.

In reply to a post by locutus:

I would like to see them introduce new packages, maybe a 500meg speed, but they aren't really known for innovating.

Indeed. Offering gigabit FTTB is clearly in no way innovative in a country where most of the population are unable to get faster than 76Mb.

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In reply to a post by locutus:

I would like to see them introduce new packages, maybe a 500meg speed, but they aren't really known for innovating.

Indeed. Offering gigabit FTTB is clearly in no way innovative in a country where most of the population are unable to get faster than 76Mb.

I want a Like Button!

Any HO customers want to sell me your house? If so PM me. I would so love to experience the pain and suffering you appear to be going through getting GB internet for cheap as chips pricing. I pay over £250 a month and I get a quarter of what you do! (will be half soon with speed uplifts)