My mind has been changed about price comparison sites.  I disliked them because when ever I tried them I always got a different price to what they quoted.  But since trying to get a better deal on broadband, phone and TV I can see why they are needed.  My contract with Sky is coming to an end and I want to see if I can get a better deal.

I have been caught out once by changing companies’ part way though the contract and BT charged my £145 for doing it.  For me to consider BT they would have to offer a really good deal; their packages seem ridiculously expensive for not a lot.  Plus I found their customer services very rude when I rang up to see why they had charged me so much.  Though the system of combining the BT home hub and phone in one system looks pretty neat.  I think it looks very sleek and is supposed to have a very good signal range, I think it would be a good telephone system in one neat package.

A good telecoms package is one of the essentials of modern day life with phone and broadband as the bare minimum.  I currently am on the 8mbps package from sky but the actual speed is around 2mbps.  I know that there are packages for up to 50mbps from virgin media if there is fibre optic cables installed in the area, but I know we don’t have that and it is very very expensive.  The most demanding thing I ask my internet connection to do it upgrade my Xbox 360 every so often, I don’t play games over the Internet as I don’t want to pay for a subscription to let me do it.  My 2mbps is fine for what I use it for, it’s not like I am a big business that needs a speedy connection for the internet like SDSL cope with the demands.

The one thing I would say after looking at all the options is it needs to be made simpler.  With each company offering a multitude of different packages with nothing really made clear about what you are getting.  I think thing seems to be set up to trick people into buying more expensive things or something that they don’t actually want.