Full Fibre Halo+ Contract Discussion To seek discuss price reduction

[johnld]

Thought others might be interested in my contract discussions with BT regarding my Full Fibre 150 Halo + which runs out in  mid June

I talked to a very helpful lady in Retentions (Glasgow Office) and obtained a substantial reduction in the contract costs

I am now on a Full Fibre 150 Halo contract The only differences being that I do not get the Hybrid Connect device which has to be returned to BT and have reduced my Landline costs

All of the above were set out in an email from BT titled Contract Summery which I signed up to

However things then went Pear Shaped

10 min after receiving the Contract Summary email I got another email from BT titled Thanks for Your Order

There were many significant errors The delivery address was correct but the installation address was for an address I have not used for 15 years

Also it  said that I would not get Wi-Fi in every room Which implied I would have to return the black disks

I called Retentions back and spoke to a lady in the Belfast Office and she agreed that there were significant errors She passed me to a Connections Agent who described himself as a trouble shooter and technical advisor. He also agreed that there were significant errors in the Thanks for Your Order email. He could not make the corrections immediately But agreed to call me back tomorrow I have received a text message agreeing a time to call me

I will keep this message updated to inform the forum of  the outcomes.

[Christopher_G]

Hi @johnld 

Thanks for sharing your order experience with the community. I'm really happy to hear that our guides managed to get your costs down, but sorry that you've had some trouble with that incorrect information.

We're keen to hear what happens on the call that was scheduled today. Keep us posted on what happens please. Hopefully, they get it all straightened out for you.

Chris

[johnld]

I had the call as promised and the guy talked me through what had happed

The address error was caused with the computer picking up my old address from old data I was told this had been corrected

But this is where it gets more complicated

It seems that BT are updating the Hybrid Connect device and because it was part of the Halo 3 + which I was being moved from it prevented the order from fully executing

Because this is being implemented over the weekend,  the corrections to my order  my not be fully  implemented until the Hybrid upgrade is fully implemented

He also said I shroud leave the Hybrid Connect connected and not return it as requested

We agreed that he would call me again on Tuesday to update me on the progress of sorting out my order

I will keep this conversation updated after the call on Tuesday

He did imply that given the problems that had occurred BT may be able to reduce the contract price further

[Kimberlin]

@johnld  I'm assuming you had moved address within the last six years? If any longer, one wonders if BT should be retaining information that is no longer applicable, i.e. your old address.

If you need to look at the privacy policy:

https://www.bt.com/privacy-policy

[johnld]

I have not moved for the last 15 Years

But I have had the same BT Customer number for over 40 years so I guess some one had not updated part of the record system

[johnld]

Hi

The latest update as promised

I had the call  today as promised but as ever things were not straight forward

He was about to pass me on to the value team, but as a returns order had been raised there was an outstanding order on the system,

Due to the outstanding order he could not transfer me to the value team to start the order process again, on the terms that were originally quoted and I greed to

He did confirm that my existing order was still in place which runs out next month

He will call me again on Sat at 1.30

[johnld · Accepted solution]

Hi

The final update, I hope, to my saga of moving from Halo 3 + to Halo 3

After being passed from Guides and Technical advisors I have finally ended up with a Halo 3 contract which is approximately £30 less than the Halo 3+ that I was on.

What have I lost in moving contracts

The Hybrid Connect that I did not need as I was on Full Fibre to the house

I still have my landline number but now moved to a pay as you go, this is not a problem as I only use it for incoming calls.

I still have my Black Disk extenders

Some may ask why did I not change providers, yes I could have got a deal which was about £3 less a month for the equivalent to Halo 3 + but it would have meant reconfiguring my entire system, changing email addresses and notifying banks and others of the changes.

So my message to others who are stuck on Halo 3 + contracts is to call BT retentions, if you are at the end of your contract and be persistent and polite.

Ask that you are emailed the new contract summary before you sign up and keep copies notes

[gg30340]

Why have you got any Halo product?  

As far as I am aware you can add just Wifi plus to a standard broadband account and get the discs that way or buy them as a stand alone product.

Complete Wifi | Wifi Extender & Booster | BT

When you leave BT you can keep you email address. It gets downgraded to a BTMail Basic account which can only be used with a web browser but other than that it works the same as it does just now.

Any new router that you might have got all you would have needed to do was change its SSid (name) and Password to be the same as your present BT hub and all your devices would have connected in the same way as they do now. The devices have no idea whose broadband they are connecting to. They just connect to the SSid using the Password that is already stored in their memory.

[Kimberlin]

@johnld  I'm going to be blunt (I always am!) but how much are you now paying monthly dropping from Halo 3+ to Halo 3?

[johnld]

I did look at all the other options but decided it was simply less hassle to keep Halo but drop what I did not need