Free Dell laptop 1520

[LadyJ]

I just saw this advert last night on telly and joined today!

Free Dell laptop 1520 when you join with AOL for broadband and calls package from the mimimum of £19.99 per month (exclude BT line rental £11 per month).

I just joined today, I've been with Talktalk for many years and time for me to have a fresh new broadband and laptop

I joined because I paid about more or less £30 a month with Talktalk including line rental, broadband and unlimited calls compare to AOL package I think it works the same and I will get brand new dell laptop.. wohooo!

I asked if there is any hidden charge and they said no I hope its true. Anyway, I have cooling off period for peace of mind.

[Mrs.JMajor]

so smart

[walesrob]

I just checked it now, and the lowest price is £29 a month? Maybe the special price applies to LLU enabled broadband lines.

[LadyJ]

check it again http://myaolbroadband.co.uk/broadban...relessplus.adp

[KeithD]

£19.99 is PAYG LadyJ

You'd need the £30 package PLUS your BT Rental on top of that.

Have they made a mistake on that page? £24.99 & the £29.99 says No Calls!!!!

Actually if you use Carphonewarehouse instead, you can get a free PS3.

[LadyJ]

Im confused.

19.99 PAYG but including broadband (excluding BT line rental fee)
22.49 Evenings & weekends including broadband (excluding BT line rental fee)
24.99 Unlimited including broadband (excluding BT line rental fee)

all packages comes with free laptop.

Am I blind? lol

[walesrob]

check it again http://myaolbroadband.co.uk/broadban...relessplus.adp

Check the small print...only available in selected areas. You most likely live in an area where the exchange is LLU'd, meaning you will get the advertised price of £19.99. I just checked the link you gave me and I was told £29.99 for the AOL Broadband - Wireless Plus - PAYG with WiFi Router on the order form. I was tempted myself, but not at that price. Sky are offering a better deal £28.99 for wireless 8 mb broadband AND Sky TV AND free weekendand evening calls to 01 and 02 numbers.

Type in your town here: http://www.samknows.com/broadband/search.php and you will see your exchange is enabled for LLU.

[LadyJ]

Your blind Keith! If you dont want their talk package but want the broadband and free laptop only then you pay 29.99 a month.

24.99 for unlimited calls! you missed that bit 'unlimited' now go back to the site and read it again

[LadyJ]

Yes Rob whatever is that LLU the AOL is available in my area, I mean I can still get the offer, I have checked and asked the AOL agent about it

THanks!

[KeithD]

Why am I blind, I was pointing out the different options!! It is expensive, and the laptop is no good for anything other than surfing, and word processing, etc. This is a 2 year contract.

TalkTalk & Sky are the best around for value.

[walesrob]

I called Sky and they confirmed £29.99 (I'm paying £18.99 just for broadband) for 8mb broadband + wireless + 30Gb allowance + Sky TV (2 packages) + free evening and weekend calls to 01 and 02 numbers plus 5% discount on calls to mobile numbers + only 12 month contract, the package is called Sky Connect. Seems good enough for me, and was very tempted. Might call back and order it tomorrow.

Interesting, they claimed/insisted I would get between 8 and 16mb broadband speed. How can that be when our exchange isn't ADSL2 enabled, just Max. only.

[KeithD]

Rob your exchange looks like this

[LadyJ]

well for my current provider - TALKTALK im paying

£8.99 - unlimited calls to UK local and national landline including unlimited landline calls to 36 international destinations.
£10.00 - broadband 8mbps
£12.00 - line rental

Total of £30.99 a month

[LadyJ]

If I join AOL

£24.99 for broadband up to 8mbps and unlimited nationa and local calls
£10.50 for BT Line rental

total of £35.49

only £4.50 different if I compare to my current provider which is TALKTALK.

[walesrob]

Rob your exchange looks like this

Nope, it looks like this:

Abandoned_Shed.jpg

[joebloggs]

yes its a 2 year contract

not a bad portable thou

im paying £40 a month for my 8mb unlimited inet, thats with line rental included thou, i must download about 50gb+ a month
and + £25 for calls, misses phoning the phils when she could use email, or instant messenger

maybe its time i went somewhere else, but never to aol or tiscali

[KeithD]

I only pay £28 on BT Business, unlimited is unlimited, and onlt 10:1 ratio, also have another line with PlusNet business.

[joebloggs]

most 'unlimited' are not unlimited, how the hell they can advertise they are when they are 'subject to a fair usage policy'

thats why i'm still using bulldog, as it is one of a few isp's that are truely unlimited.. and when in the past i used tiscali, i signed up for unlimited, that's what they advertised it as, and starting capping me, downloads at max 5k , i waved bye bye to them , been with the bulldog for a couple of years, pc on 24/7 downloading, and it warms the house up to , never had a problem

[KeithD]

So far I've downloaded 0.0000000000121% of the Internet

[nethlewy]

Tiscali are now offering Line rental with free broadband and wireless router for £14.99 per month. There is a one off set up charge of £30.

With the saving from doing away with your BT line rental this works out at broadband for around £4 per month.

I have changed from AOL to this package and everything is working fine now with the same download speeds I was getting from AOl, though it took around six weeks to get changed over.

At the time of changing this was the best deal from any ISP that I could find.

With the ''Free'' laptop package from AOL you end up paying for it by the high monthly subscription and being tied into a long contract.