The Phone Co-op BT* Virgin Media**
Coverage

85% of homes

99% of homes

50% of homes

Cost per month***

£23.95

£36.45

£34.09

Broadband allowance

40GB

Unlimited

Unlimited

Wireless router included

Yes

Yes

Yes

Line rental included

Yes

Yes

Yes

Call set-up charge

12.5p

13.87p

14.94p

Daytime phone calls

7.6p per min

7.95p per min

9.94p per min

Local and National Calls ****

Yes

Yes

Yes

0845 calls included

Yes

Yes

No - 10.22p per min

0870 calls included

Yes

Yes

Yes

International calls included

Inclusive calls to 26 destinations for £3 a month extra

Inclusive calls to 36 destinations for £5.50 a month extra

Reduced cost calls for £2 a month extra


*Unlimited Broadband Extra

** Up to 30Mb with Talk Evening & Weekends

***not including introductory offers

**** evening and weekend only

Cost per month is for customers paying by Direct Debit and receiving bills by e-mail.

Prices correct as at 1 March 2013

If you're a regular caller of international numbers, you'll love our International add-on. For £3 a month, you can add inclusive calls to landlines in any of the following countries to your allowance. 

  Countries covered
Europe Austria, Belgium, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Americas Canada, USA
Australasia  Australia, New Zealand
Africa  South Africa
Asia Hong Kong

Router reuse

Our evening & weekend basic package costs £23.95 a month, and includes a wireless router. 

But do you really need a new router?

If you already have one, why not keep it, and get £1 a month off your bill? You'll save yourself some money and help the environment, by reducing waste.

You will need to know a little bit about setting your router up and changing its settings, as beyond the absolute basics our technical support staff cannot guarantee to help should you have problems setting up a router not provided by us. Given how many different makes there are, we're sure you can understand we can't possibly support them all! We will do our best, but it may be necessary to refer you to your router's manufacturer. We will only attempt to offer support to routers with wired connections - we can not troubleshoot thirdparty wireless connections at all.

Locked routers

Beware, however, that if your router was provided by another Internet Service Provider (ISP), it may be "locked" to their service and unusable with any other provider's service.

Routers from the following ISPs are most likely locked:

  • Sky
  • BT
  • TalkTalk
  • Orange
  • O2 Be Unlimited
  • Plus Net

Routers we supply are not locked in any way, and may be freely used with any provider's services.

Evening and Weekend

Our one-size-fits-all package includes evening and weekend calls under 60 minutes* to:

  • 01, 02 and 03 numbers.
  • 0870 and 0845 numbers.

There's a connection charge of 12.5p for calls made outside of the bundle.*

Mobile calls are 14.81p per minute during the day, and 9.95p per minute at evenings and weekends, with a connection charge of 12.5p.

Included in our Standard package

Upgrade to Anytime calls for £3 a month extra*

 *Inclusive 01, 02,03, 0845 and 0870 calls on the Evening and Weekend and Anytime tariffs are free for the first 60 minutes. After exceeding 60 minutes they will be billed at 7.6p per minute, with a connection fee of 12.5p. Hang up after an hour and redial to avoid being charged.

Caller Plus

Designed for very low users or people who want total control over their costs.

  • No monthly charge.
  • Per-second billing.
  • No connection fee.
  • Low minimum charge of 1.2p.

Local calls are 2.55p per minute during the day, and 1.02p per minute at evenings and weekends, with a minimum charge of 1.2p.

National calls are 3.06p per minute during the day, 2.52p per minute in the evening, and 1.51p per minute at weekends, with a minimum charge of 1.2p.

Mobile calls are 13.8p per minute during the day, 10.2p per minute in the evening, and 6.6p per minute at  weekends, with a minimum charge of 1.2p.

Included in our Basic package

 

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