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Old 29 September 2009, 11:34 PM
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In a bid to save money today i did the unthinkable, I've canceled by Broadband and Sky Multi-room!

How long do you think i'll last before having a bath with the toaster?
Old 29 September 2009, 11:39 PM
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You'll be fine mate, staring at screens all day aren't good for you anyhoo! My broadband and fone line are going too if/when the new tax for having them kicks in!
Old 29 September 2009, 11:42 PM
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I spend far too much time on here anyway, getting rid of it can only be a good thing as i look like a pasty face *******. £17 a month for half a meg just doesn't represent good value!
Old 29 September 2009, 11:45 PM
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Giving up broadband, I think we'd struggle with, but multi room wouldn't be too much of an issue.

We cut our sky package right down a while back, removing films and sport. Wasn't really worth paying the extra for.
Old 30 September 2009, 09:21 AM
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I did away with sky many moons ago, total waste of money as far we were concerned.
Not really a lover of wasting my life sat in front the box watching the countless repeats being aired.

But broadband, oh no. Couldn't live a week without it
Old 30 September 2009, 09:29 AM
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Cutting my broadband would be like turning off my life support. Use it for almost everything i buy (apart from clothes) and use it for finding new music (DJ )

Sky....I'm starting to think virgin media would be a lot better programme wise?
Old 30 September 2009, 09:51 AM
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I've just ditched my Virgin Media as things we're spiralling out of my control. ditched the phone, tv, broadband and mobile. now just gonna have a freeview box, and get my broadband with the Post Office and have a payg mobile phone.

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Old 30 September 2009, 09:52 AM
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Considering I only ever seem to watch the same sort of programs (CSI, NCIS, Without a Trace etc), it would probably be cheaper to cancel Virgin+ and buy the box sets for those series. At least I wouldn't have to endure the poxy adverts then.

Cutting off broadband would be crippling. So much ****, so little time...
Old 30 September 2009, 10:23 AM
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Old 30 September 2009, 10:44 AM
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Steal broadband from your neighbours.....
Old 30 September 2009, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by dunx
Steal broadband from your neighbours.....
We'll technically its not really stealing though.

If they can't protect their wireless router properly, its hardly your fault
Old 30 September 2009, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by urban
We'll technically its not really stealing though.

If they can't protect their wireless router properly, its hardly your fault
If you leave your front door unlocked, it's still stealing if someone walks in and takes something

Dumb, yes, legalise the crime, no.

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Old 30 September 2009, 12:14 PM
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I'm junking multiroom at the start of November when I'm out of contract. I was told by the engineer that I could get multiroom Lite as our transmitter was the first to go off. That would have been £5 per month and I would have paid the installation and had another box for my daughter.

As it is we hardly use the box in the bedroom and we just bought a TV with freeview for our daughter. For them pi55ing me about I'm dropping the multiroom box and unless they offer me something too good to pass up at the very least I might drop HD downstairs too.

HD is nice but really only comes into its own with movies and we don't get movies or sport.

I pay £5 broadband with Orange and no DL limits but am on contract phone which is lowest rate with orange.
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