Am i being ripped off ?

[Kodikid]

SKY news...oh the irony 

[iniltous]

As far as Sky news saying ‘it’s a rip off’ , that needs some context , if it were a ‘guest’ and that guest were a representative of an Alt Net or their ludicrous trade body INCA they can pretty much say what the want , it’s just their opinion, it doesn’t need to be fact or even partially true  …if it were the Sky presenter saying that , that’s a completely different matter , they may need to justify those type of statements as ‘fact’ not an opinion, I suspect the OP hasn’t realised the difference between an opinion and facts 

[marco806]

I'm fully aware, of what city fibre is. Every single provider, all 23 are more competitive than BT/EE.

Folk need to move and move often..otherwise "loyal" or should I say non savvy, mainly older folk will continue to line the likes of BT profits....Must say, across everything this goes on, not singling out BT/EE or broadband in particular.

[iniltous]

If you are fully aware , why say City Fibre is £29 ‘ presumably you knew it was a factually incorrect thing to post, and as stated , if they weren’t cheaper instead of 10% take up , it would be less , the price is to gain market share , it’s not a realistic price in the long term 

[marco806]

Can you read?.."providers".....

[imjolly]

more and more people are realising moving provider will save money and gamble on service

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/05/1-million-uk-consumers-have-switched-broadband-isp-sin...

[iniltous]

Yes , I can read, and I know the difference between ISPs and network providers , City Fibre is the latter , not the former  , simply accept City Fibre don’t charge £29 for 900Mb , they can’t , they don’t have retail customers, what City Fibre charge ISPs,  who then may charge £29 is not known by myself or you.

[Anonymous]

@zingerrob 

It's kind of academic as there's nothing you can do, being so early into a contract. But come renewal, use a broadband comparison tool via a cashback site. If you did that today you could get 500Mb for as little as the equivalent of £26pm from a household name using Openreach. BT's price today is £31pm equivalent.

Obviously that's broadband only, so you need to factor in the other add-ons.

As for the Sky claim, their retail price today for 500Mb is £34pm, so by their own definition a rip-off...

[WSH]

One thing I like about this forum is how tolerant it is.  Last time I suggested people should move rather than complain on Sky I got censored!

[gg30340]

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@WSH wrote:

One thing I like about this forum is how tolerant it is.  Last time I suggested people should move rather than complain on Sky I got censored!

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