Roxanne Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 55 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Presumably the answer then is to buy more expensive foods (such as posh steak) Manx rib eye has gone from £20 a kilo to £30 a Kilo since December 2022. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Roxanne said: Manx rib eye has gone from £20 a kilo to £30 a Kilo since December 2022. Couldn't afford it at £20, never mind £30! 😨🙊 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 I got the MT price increase letter through the post today. Took photos to post here, but got a message that the files were (individually) too big. My bill will be going up by 7.04, unless I ditch the paper bill (which I've kept thus far because I'm less likely to forget to pay the darn thing). If (when!) I ditch the paper, it will go up by £3.44. Either way it won't quite break the bank by itself, but when you add in all the other increases... ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, Zarley said: Couldn't afford it at £20, never mind £30! 😨🙊 Me neither. I saw it written on the board while I was queuing for my sausages. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 By the way, I'm on ADSL+ broadband unlimited, and telephone line rental - basic tariff. I never use the landline, so can I ditch that service and just keep the ADSL+ broadband? I was told years ago that I couldn't, although I can't help but wonder if that's actually true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 1 hour ago, genericUserName said: Now, like you, I would also like to know where @Max Power is getting his information. 12.5%, the truth is out there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genericUserName Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Non-Believer said: Shoprite's Sainsbury's soups are 95p for the same size tin. 57p in Sainsbury's. And for comparison - Tesco's equivalent own brand soups are 60p. You're paying the Shoprite tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 18 minutes ago, Zarley said: By the way, I'm on ADSL+ broadband unlimited, and telephone line rental - basic tariff. I never use the landline, so can I ditch that service and just keep the ADSL+ broadband? I was told years ago that I couldn't, although I can't help but wonder if that's actually true. I was going to suggest the lowest tier fibre plan as that requires no line rental, and would give you a better service to boot. I nearly fell out of my seat when I saw the cheapest you could now get on MT. Wimanx's cheapest fibre offering is £40 a month all in, which I think is the cheapest you can manage without a landline. But double the speed of ADSL. Unfortunately, ADSL requires you to have the phone line. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 ADSL is supplied by the wires. Therefore you need to pay line rental regardless of call usage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genericUserName Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, x-in-man said: ADSL is supplied by the wires. Therefore you need to pay line rental regardless of call usage. why though? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Just now, genericUserName said: why though? No wire, no ADSL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 10 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: I was going to suggest the lowest tier fibre plan as that requires no line rental, and would give you a better service to boot. I nearly fell out of my seat when I saw the cheapest you could now get on MT. Wimanx's cheapest fibre offering is £40 a month all in, which I think is the cheapest you can manage without a landline. But double the speed of ADSL. Unfortunately, ADSL requires you to have the phone line. Thanks. I just looked, and if I change over to the least expensive MT fibre plan, (basic) it will save me a whopping 43 pence per month. Not worth the hassle (probably). I've never had a problem with ADSL, it does what I need it to do. I've never heard of Wimanx, I'll have to look them up. Are they reliable? I just worry about the "better the devil you know" factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Zarley said: Thanks. I just looked, and if I change over to the least expensive MT fibre plan, (basic) it will save me a whopping 43 pence per month. Not worth the hassle (probably). I've never had a problem with ADSL, it does what I need it to do. I've never heard of Wimanx, I'll have to look them up. Are they reliable? I just worry about the "better the devil you know" factor. Wimanx have been knocking around for donkeys years. I certainly wouldn't be concerned in moving to them. Their customer support has generally been the best out of MT/Wimanx/Sure in my experience. MT still supply all the infrastructure, it's just wholesale from them to Wimanx. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Thanks again, much appreciated. I'll check them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ativa Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Ringy Rose said: I can’t get fibre because Manx Telecom didn’t install the phone line to my house correctly when it was built. So to get fibre I need to pay someone to dig up my garden to put a new cable in. Why Manx Telecom shouldn’t pay for this, who knows. Do you fancy explaining that one again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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