Tiscali UK Private Broadband Reviews

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Tiscali UK Private Broadband Reviews

What Does That Mean To You?

Probably not a lot, other than maybe perhaps some company looking through various options when considering either getting broadband for the first time or switching providers.

For me it meant so much more. I am married with three daughters and a lovely wife. That’s not to say the three daughters are not lovely as well, in fact, they are adorable, BUT they can cost quite a bit of money from time to time.

So what has this got to do with broadband reviews I almost hear you ask, well let me tell you. I came in from work one day and sat down at the kitchen table to wade through a handful of bills that had dropped onto the hallway carpet with a light thud, a number of hours earlier.

As I opened the first one my jaw dropped and nearly hit the floor. It was from BT and it was a HUGE bill, almost £300. I checked through the itemised calls and found that it was one of my lovely teenage darling daughters (who has quite a passion for chatting on the phone) who had made the majority of the calls.

I went to see her about it, and she said there was no point having a phone if she could not use it. Well, I won’t tell you what I said, but I was NOT amused. And who would be?

Over the next few months, the bills gradually got higher and higher, and eventually (I am a slow learner) I decided I really needed to do something about this.

I considered putting a bar on the telephone, but then if my family needed to contact me in an emergency? No, that was not an option. I started to look around at the various options that were available to me, and was really pleased to find one company, which for me, stuck out from the rest.
That company was Tiscali.

I had reviewed many of the other offerings in the marketplace at the time, and it was difficult making a choice as there were so many options to choose from. Primarily though, I knew what I wanted. I was getting 1.5 mb broadband, so I did not want to be dropping below that. I also desperately needed a good telephone package as well. (Remember the teenage daughter :-))

And so, Broadband Reviews was born. But more importantly, I had come to an ideal solution in relation to my daughter. I was able to get a telephone and broadband package where I had free calls anytime through the day or at the weekends, PLUS, I ended up with broadband which was 2.2mb and sometimes going up over 3 mb, which I was very happy with as I live in a rural type area. (Connection speeds were never great)

After being with BT, Tiscali has saved me an absolute fortune, and as well as that, my teenage daughter loves them to bits, because she gets to jibber jabber on the phone all day long.

And me? Well my bills are down to around £20 a month. I cannot complain.

Until Next time.

Kindest

Gordon

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Tiscali Strikes Again

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Tiscali Strikes Again!

It is not that often that I would sing the praises of a company, but when it comes to broadband supply, my vote is with Tiscali, hands down.

I was with them and over the years they have saved me a considerable amount of money. And this is now more than once, I am well impressed.

I recently moved house, and this involves change as I am sure any of you who have had the pleasure of moving, can testify to this. It is a real pain in the fundamentals to put it politely. Anyway, as I said, I was with Tiscali, but they could no longer provide me with line rental as I was moving to a different exchange. So here was the plan.

I was making the move, signing up for line rental with BT, and then sorting out my broadband with Tiscali. BT botched it up big style. They gave me a date for connection, and then rang me a few weeks later to say that although they originally said there would be a charge, now I was going to have to fork out over £100. This was due to it being a new development, and the houses had their site numbers changed to address numbers, and therefore they needed to send an engineer out.

BUMMER!

So, someone shifted the goal posts. It was about this time that Tiscal had started their Cable Movers and Switchers programme. What this meant for me was that Tiscali was now able to setup the line as well, and I did not need to go through BT for the line rental. This was GREAT news for me because Tiscali were not for charging a fee for the engineer to call out.

I got my order in right away.

A line check was done and I was told that I could get at least 3.5 MB. This was fantastic as at my previous address, speed fluctuated between a half meg and 2 meg. This was because my line could only support a half meg.

You can imagine my delight when I booted up Tiscali for the first time at my new home and got 6.1 MB, I thought I had died and gone on to heaven.

So as I said at the beginning of the post…

TISCALI strikes again. FIRST CLASS, Well Done Tiscali.

If you are in the UKJ, and you are looking either phone, Broadband or TV services, why not check them out my clicking here.

Kindest Regards,

Gordon.

 

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Broadband Reviews Compares Tiscali With Their Competitors

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Broadband reviews has been setup to review the various options available in relation to both private and business broadband. It primarily came about as a result of one of the daughters talking a lot on the phone (see other post at top of first page), and after researching many of the options that were available in the marketplace, we decided on Tiscali UK, who have saved us an absolute fortune in the process, I kid you not.

There is a plethora of options available, and it can be a real minefield for both the newbie and experienced alike. I know when I first came online there was not as many options, but now, each year more and more seem to be added into the mix. I had been with NTL which then became Virgin, others I have been with has been BT and Tiscali, who I currently use for both my telephone and broadband services.

Broadband Reviews will also be covering various other categories over the coming months which will be:

  • Tiscali UK Private Broadband
  • Tiscali UK Business Broadband
  • Pipex Business Broadband
  • High Speed Internet Service Provider
  • Tiscali UK Broadband Reviews
  • UK Internet Access
  • UK Service Provider
  • Broadband High Speed ISP
  • Tiscali UK IPTV Services

 

Competitor comparison

Broadband and Weekend Talk comparison

Tiscali BT Virgin Media Talk Talk
Package Broadband and Talk - Option 1 Broadband Option 3
Unlimited Weekend Plan
Broadband - L
Talk Weekends - M
Broadband and Talk UK Weekend
Monthly cost £.99 first 3 months
£14.99 thereafter
£15.99 first 3 months
£24.99 thereafter
£16.00 £4.99
Line rental Free £10.50 £11.00 £10.50
UK calls Free weekends Free weekends Free weekends Free weekends
International calls Free weekends to Tiscali’s top 10 countries Not included Not included Not included
Broadband speed Up to 8Mb Up to 8Mb Up to 10Mb Up to 8Mb
Broadband usage Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 40GB
Contract term 12 months 18 months 12 months 18 months
Total annual cost* £164.88 £398.88 £324.00 £185.88
Savings with Tiscali per year £234.00 £159.12 £21.00

Broadband and Anytime Talk comparison

Tiscali BT Virgin Media Talk Talk
Package Broadband and Talk - Option 2 Broadband Option 3
Unlimited Anytime
Broadband - L
Talk Unlimited - XL
Broadband and Talk Global Anytime
Monthly cost £14.99 first 3 months
£19.99 thereafter
£20.94 first 3 months
£29.94 thereafter
£34.95 £5.25 first 3 months
£10.49 thereafter
Line rental Free £10.50 Included £10.50
UK calls Free anytime Unlimited anytime Unlimited anytime Free anytime
International calls Free anytime to Tiscali’s top 10 countries Not included Not included Free anytime to top 36 countries
Broadband speed Up to 8Mb Up to 8Mb Up to 10Mb Up to 8Mb
Broadband usage Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 40GB
Contract term 12 months 18 months 12 months 18 months
Total annual cost* £224.88 £458.28 £419.40 £236.16
Savings with Tiscali per year £233.40 £194.52 £11.28

*Set up fees not included.
Competitor information correct as of 14th July 08 based on comparable combination package.

Broadband, Talk and TV comparison

Tiscali BT Sky Virgin Media
Package Broadband, Talk and TV - Option 1 Broadband Option 3
BT Vision
Unlimited Weekend Plan
Broadband Mid
1 x Entertainment Mix
Talk Freetime
Broadband - L
TV - M
Talk Weekends - M
Channels Variety Pack
Over 70 TV and radio channels
Up to 80 TV and radio channels Variety Mix
Over 70 TV and radio channels
TV size M
Over 40 TV channels
Monthly cost £15.99 first 3 months
£19.99 thereafter
£15.99 first 3 months
£24.99 thereafter
£21.00 £16.00
Line rental Free £10.50 £10.00 £11.00
UK calls Free weekends* Free weekends Free evening and weekends Free weekends
International calls Free weekends* to Tiscali’s top 10 countries Not included Discounted Not included
Broadband speed Up to 8Mb Up to 8Mb Up to 8Mb Up to 10Mb
Broadband usage Unlimited Unlimited 40GB Unlimited
Optional PVR** £50 Free £75 £150 install + £5 per month
Contract term 12 months 18 months 12 months 12 months
Total annual cost† £227.88 £398.88 £372.00 £324.00
Savings with Tiscali per year £171.00 £144.12 £96.12

* Upgrade to anytime calls for just £5 extra a month.
** Not included in total cost.
† Set up fees not included.
Competitor information correct as of 14th July 08 based on comparable combination package.

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