Fibre, TV and 30GB for €32.45: the deal you keep by threatening to switch

Fibre, TV and 30GB for €32.45: the price you keep by threatening to switch

How much does it really cost to have fibre, TV and mobile in Spain? The answer depends on how much of a fight you're willing to put up with your provider. The deal that opens this comparison —TV, fibre and a mobile line with 30GB for €32.45— isn't a catalogue promotion: it holds up by renewing every twelve months, and the person enjoying it already says they'll do it again. "12 months at 50%... it ends in June... I'll renew another 12 months at 50%", they sum up. The implicit question —can anyone beat that?— turns the rest of the conversation into a tariff flea market.

From €22 to €60: the price map being discussed

The figures being thrown around span a huge range. At the low end, 300Mbps fibre and mobile with 30GB with unlimited calls for €22, or 200Mbps fibre for €20 plus a 4GB line for €5. At the high end, a bundle with 1Gbps fibre, two unlimited lines and streaming platforms for €51, or the €60 paid by someone with internet, two lines and TV. The €32.45 deal is neither the cheapest nor the most complete: it's the one that includes TV, and that's its selling point.

The problem is that this price doesn't come for free. The mechanics of the amago —threatening to leave so that the retention team improves the offer— is the common denominator of almost all low tariffs. Some defend it as an annual sport, others have given it up: "I got tired of making switching threats to get the 50%, plus most of the 80+ TV channels are junk anyway".

Is paying for TV worth it in 2025?

The bundle includes 80 channels, and there another divide opens up. One camp defends them as movies, themed channels, series and kids' content; another dismisses them as filler. The alternative gaining ground is cutting to the chase: downloading series and documentaries, running Kodi on the TV and reducing the bill to just fibre and mobile. "Since I can watch everything anyway, I've lost interest", admits one of those who jumped ship.

Against that route, there's the one of small providers with no contract lock-in. Digi comes up again and again as the option that requires no negotiating: fixed price, no switching threats, and 500Mbps fibre for €15 in its most basic version. The catch, as always: it doesn't reach everywhere. "Digi fibre doesn't reach me, nor does Orange", admits the author of the original deal. O2 slips into the conversation as an alternative running on Movistar's network with no contract lock-in.

The fine print nobody reads

The detail that spoils the party is data usage. A 30GB line sounds generous until you look at real consumption: "The 30GB last me 10 days". For anyone burning through data with video and maps, the bundle falls short and forces a look at unlimited tariffs, which are a different price league.

And then there's pirate TV, which also rears its head. Against the 80 paid channels, someone boasts of free IPTV with over a thousand channels and new releases. The answer to whether there's a tutorial is a flat no. Everyone can judge what risk they take.

In the end, the €32.45 deal works as a market thermometer: a competitive price that only holds with annual vigilance and a well-calculated call. The day you relax, the bill goes up. And that, precisely, is the business.