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TalkTalk landline

Updated: Tuesday 5 October, 2010

By Becca Talbot - becca@consumerchoices.co.uk

TalkTalk (www.talktalk.co.uk) offers two calling plans for customers seeking a new landline. Customers also get a broad range of extras, including free intecalls.

TalkTalk is one of the UK's largest home phone and broadband providers. It offers a range of landline-only and landline with broadband packages. Take a look at the table below for more information:

TalkTalk landline packages

Choosing a calling plan

TalkTalk now offers two calling plans, one with free evening and weekend calls and another with free anytime calls to UK landlines.

You can choose between keeping your BT phone line (if you have one) or switching your landline and calls over to TalkTalk. A minimum 12-month contract applies for all TalkTalk’s call packages and line rental.

Talk UK Evening & Weekend includes:

• Free calls to UK landlines in the evenings and at weekends
• Free anytime calls to other UK TalkTalk customers
• Free international calls to 36 countries in the evenings and at weekends.

Talk UK Anytime includes:

• Free anytime calls to to UK landlines
• Free international calls to 36 countries at anytime.

If you want a phone and broadand bundle, you should consider TalkTalk Essentials, which comes with 24Mb broadband and a large 40GB monthly download allowance.

Why get a TalkTalk landline?

TalkTalk landline costs are cheaper than BT (www.bt.com). Its line rental costs £14.50 a month for customers paying by direct debit with paperless billing, or £1.45 extra a month for paper billing.

TalkTalk customers will also earn Nectar points on every TalkTalk bill (2 points per £1 spent.