Talk Talk Contract Or Dongle

[lankeela]

I don't use my landline, but have to pay for it as I have broadband with Talk Talk to use my laptop. My monthly charge is £27.70 - would I be better off using a dongle (Vodafone pay as you go £50 for three months). I'd like to get rid of the landline and contract. I do use my laptop a lot - but not sure how to work out how much I use.

[frugalfred]

If your Talktalk arrangement is the same as mine, you have unlimited downloads. How good is your Vodafone signal?? Does the £50 include unlimited downloads?

[TonyV]

Hi Keela I'm in similar position to u I.e no need for Landline. I use virgin costs me around £20 / month but u can taylor package to your needs

[TonyV]

Meant to say that includes my mobile aswell

[TheChair]

That 50 quid includes a measly 6GB of data for the 3 month period i.e 2GB per month, or two hours per month of 1080p video on youtube (for example)

[Buenchico]

Using dongles for internet access can work out very expensive. I can't find the specific dongle offer you refer to but this link (selecting PAYG and 4G)
http://www.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-broadband/dongles-and-mobile-wi-fi/index.htm#device_2
suggests that £50 gets you 30Gb of data (after you've paid £45 to buy the dongle in the first place). Watching Youtube for an hour uses up about 0.43Gb, so if you only watched Youtube videos you'd get about 70 hours worth of access spread over 90 days, which works out about three quarters of an hour per day. Alternatively you could use your entire 90 day allowance to download just 7 movies in HD.

So if you're planning on doing anything which involves streaming audio or (particularly) video services, or downloading large files, you might well find that you've got a data allowance which is nowhere near big enough. However if you simply do some general web browsing (such as internet shopping) and sending emails you should be OK.

The following examples of data usage are taken from the BT website. (Remember that they're 'per month' though. You'll need to multiply the figures by three for a 90 day dongle allowance):

10GB data:
Daily: Browse the internet for half an hour
Weekly: Watch two and half hours of online TV using a catch-up (like iPlayer) or streaming video service (like YouTube), play online games for one hour
Monthly: Stream one standard definition film, listen to 100 music tracks or 10 albums, upload 100 photos to Facebook or Instagram

20GB data:
Daily: Browse the internet for one hour
Weekly: Watch five hours of online TV using a catch-up (like iPlayer) or streaming video service (like YouTube), play online games for two hours
Monthly: Stream two standard definition films, listen to 150 music tracks or 15 albums, upload 200 photos to Facebook or Instagram

40GB data:
Daily: Browse the internet for three hours a day
Weekly: Watch eight hours of online TV using a catch-up (like iPlayer) or streaming video service (like YouTube), play online games for five hours
Monthly: Stream four standard definition films, listen to 200 music tracks or 20 albums, upload 400 photos to Facebook or Instagram

[EDDIE51]

Are you near a BT 'Hotspot' you can buy wi fi by the hour ,day, week, month.
Wi Fi from £4 an hour or £15 a month
http://www.btwifi.co.uk/find/
I can get it at my home.

[Buenchico]

BT wi-fi can work out extremely expensive for anything other than light usage, Eddie!

(I pay £6 per month for 500 mins, which is only just over a quarter of an hour per day but it's good enough to ensure that I can check my emails, etc, whenever I want to).

Lankeela:
Check that you're in a Vodafone 4G signal area here:
https://www.vodafone.co.uk/explore/network/uk-coverage-map/

[EDDIE51]

I can use my local Weatherspoons free wifi while I enjoy a pint of Ruddel's Best Bitter for just £1.89 !

[EDDIE51]

^^ they don't mind you plugging into their electricity to power your laptop either!! Bargain !

[lankeela]

Mostly browsing, facebook and emails don't watch films (occasionally watch a tv programme on catch up if I miss it). Don't download anything like youtube or music. I do have a tablet that I use at work with a MIFI which I pay for as well, £10 a month and use it two or three times a week for a couple of hours. Just begrudge paying for the landline when I never use it. I have a Talk Talk mobile too but the contract for that runs till next May so i can't drop that yet.

[ladybirder]

Lankeela, I pay £22.95 for my broadband plus £5 for Anytime Calls for my landline. Everyone gets a free Sim as well I think although I don't bother. So once you're out of your mobile contract can't you just take the free Sim and pay only £22.95? You can keep your mobile number as well.

//If you are already a TalkTalk broadband customer and have not yet claimed your Essential SIM, simply call 0808 108 0561 to speak to one of our agents today. \\

[lankeela]

If i could keep my mobile number I would do that. My payment will go up to over £30 soon so trying to cut the monthly payments down. Had a look at Plusnet which is cheaper for a year then goes up a bit but still not as much. Will try speaking to Talk Talk tomorrow.

[ladybirder]

Lankeela I would phone them if I were you and ask them if they will let you do it now on threat of losing you as a broadband customer. You should just be paying the basic £22.95 then. You have nothing to lose by trying.

[DocHH]

Following a telephone call with TalkTalk they reviewed my "package". I will be paying £27.95 a month for land-line rental, unlimited broadband, unlimited any-time calls to both land-line and mobile numbers. They have also sent a free SIM card, with 200 free minutes calls, unlimited text and 50MG data per month. It is also possible to keep the same mobile number, even if currently on a different network. Previously i was paying £29.61 a month, line rental, unlimited broadband and anytime calls to landlines, they wanted to put that up to around £34.50. Definitely worth a call.

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