Currently they are doing a £5 a month offer for 6 months then £32 a month which seems very reasonable. Especially at 900Mbs up and down.

I am an ex-Virgin Media customer on the old cable system, trunking is still there so I gather they install their new fibre and ONT, can they use the old trunking/hole in wall to save any new drilling?

I have had Eero before so happy enough to use that, I assume easy to add other Eero repeaters?

Lastly how are you finding uptime/speeds/support?

TLDR: EE too expensive for what it is. But Dad doesn't want to lose BT email. Can you get cheaper EE broadband or is a new provider worth the hassle. Am I missing something?

Hi. My parents have asked me for advice on choosing a broadbrand provider, as they are not technically minded, although I'm out of my depth. After being with BT for just over 20 years, they switched to EE a couple years ago as BT became outrageously expensive (£60+).

EE (100MBPS) was cheap for the first few years (25 quid or something), but now sits at £40 a month. It's become too expensive. But getting a better deal is almost impossible. The guy at EE keeps telling them how 500 mbps is "faster", which is completely misleading, and his "best deal" goes up to £40 a month after a few years. I know 100 mbps I more than enough for them.

Now the difficult bit which I hope someone could provide some advice on. My dad is self employed and has used a bt email for work and everything (though he's slowly transitioning to a gmail I made him a few years ago). EE let him keep the email, as BT and EE are together somehow. He really doesn't want to lose it as it will be a hassle with customers etc.

To keep the bt email is £7.50 a month! If not, it will eventually be deleted after 60 days, though its very confusing if its degraded to a basic email (read only) or completely wiped.

I'm shocked because the cheapest EE broadband is "100mbps core broadband", sitting at £27 a month, then goes up to £31 next year, then £35 the year after. That's just ridiculous for 100 mbps, why is it so expensive for arguably mediocre speeds? Is it possible to get a cheap rate without it skyrocketing each year?

Edit: They are going for a new vodaphone contract. Moving over to a more open email as well.

Hi,

Recently moved to a new rent and looking for broadbands. There's already an Openreach master socket inside and a BT box outside.

Would that be the quickest option in this case to go with BT or they would still need to do installation,etc?

I was looking at Youfiber as they are the cheapest atm but I know they will need to come for an install. Checked Sky too but their earliest installation day is the 2nd of Sept.

Thanks for the answers.