Oh I think they keeping pace, they just know not much alternative options atm so they charging us as much as possible as they know eventually they wont be able to get away with charging us £40+ for FTTP only vs £40+ for FTTP & Line rental so effectively charging the line rental price, even though you don’t have a landline…
They just maximising the money because they know they can atm and know they will loose it in a few years when competitors are able to supply FTTP for under £30.
My parents can get it now for under £25 FTTP with another supplier but are tied it. For myself, i can’t get it as no other supplier supplies it in my area at the moment. But as we seen, other companies are looking to provide it for all over the country so they wont get away with charging what they like in a couple of years, I think the will have to scrap the line rental charge and only charge less than £30 for FTTP so its just a waiting game now :)
See how quickly other suppliers can provide it. I got VOIP setup, which is brilliant as I can add my parents line to my phone and visa versa so if parents are visiting, they can get there calls as if they were at hoe and if i visit parents, i can get my calls as if at home so win win :) Admittedly, like yourself, mostly use mobile but handle to have VOIP. I don’t have a monthly VOIP contract etc, i just put money on it and I have to use it once every so often to keep it active so its cheap and no cost to setup either, very handy indeed and so far, calls have been fine on it, no interference etc. Small delay when you first answer the phone to hear other person etc but we got that on VOIP phones at work so that seems to be the norm but its no big deal.
You can also get non-geographical numbers so that effectively, you can take it with you if you move as its not tied to an area. Unfortunately, we didn’t get that option on sign up for some reason so had to choose local area numbers, slightly annoying as was hoping to get non-geographical number so i could literally keep it for ever and take it no matter where i may live in future :)
Apparently, you can even take the small box and phone with you on holiday, just link it up to the internet and you can receive/make calls on it :) Not sure I would bother but maybe a option some will like.
Kev
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