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MSE News: BT to hike landline costs
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This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:
"The hikes, from 3 December, will be the third set of rises the telecoms giant will have implemented in 14 months ..."
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BT has announced it is upping its landline charges and call costs
see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14677298
This will be the third time in 14 months.
Expect others to follow.
"The hikes, from 3 December, will be the third set of rises the telecoms giant will have implemented in 14 months ..."
Back to original post...
BT has announced it is upping its landline charges and call costs
see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14677298
This will be the third time in 14 months.
Expect others to follow.
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The company has got a death wish.
Can't remember the last time I made a call through BT. Thank goodness for 18185 and my free minutes on my mobile."There are not enough superlatives in the English language to describe a 'Princess Coronation' locomotive in full cry. We shall never see their like again". O S Nock0 -
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Does anyone have a link to the BT announcement or the page that details ALL the price changes?
The BBC and Guardian sites merely have what appears to be a press summary.
It also appears that BT may NOT be going to write to all customers, but to use the press announcement as the basis for notification of the increases.
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And my Orchid V4.poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »Thank goodness for 18185 and my free minutes on my mobile.
And Kevin Lawry's spreadsheet.
And my laptop having a built-in analogue modem.Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.0 -
And my Orchid V4.
And Kevin Lawry's spreadsheet.
And my laptop having a built-in analogue modem.
Yes, I must dig out my Orchid V4. It's still in a box somewhere since moving last December.
Is your program still going? :T"There are not enough superlatives in the English language to describe a 'Princess Coronation' locomotive in full cry. We shall never see their like again". O S Nock0 -
Yes, no real changes in the past 18 months.poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »Yes, I must dig out my Orchid V4. It's still in a box somewhere since moving last December.
Is your program still going? :T
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=6382492&postcount=1
Kevin's spreadsheet is based on that - but many people are doing their own alterations now that CPS calls providers are so few and far between.Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.0 -
poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »The company has got a death wish.
Can't remember the last time I made a call through BT. Thank goodness for 18185 and my free minutes on my mobile.
Are your free minutes on your mobile free I thought you had to have a contract to get them.0 -
By my calculations, a 10 second call to another landline during daytime hours would now come in at a whopping 22p :eek:0
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The 'regulator' should halt this practice of raising charges more often than once a year. I think it allows companies to pass on greater increases against reduced customer resistance (e.g leaving) overall. In fact it mocks the idea of 'competition' when all the companies change their prices simply because other companies have done so. Workers (et al) are expected to manage their 'budget' (for a whole year at least!) without asking for pay rises every six months.
At least forcing all companies to set their prices at the same time and for 12 months would create the situation where
1) you'd see how much things were really changing.
2) switching would be practical because '12 months' really would mean that long
3) 'non contract' (or probably minimal) periods would be more the norm.
4) services would be more basic and 'addons' might disappear into the basic service instead......under construction.... COVID is a [discontinued] scam0 -
MillicentBystander wrote: »By my calculations, a 10 second call to another landline during daytime hours would now come in at a whopping 22p :eek:
10 years ago it would have been 5p!
Perhaps a more realistic call length is 5 mins. New price is 52.85 pence 10 years ago that would have been 20p long distance and 15p local on BT together. OK you need to add about 30% to that for inflation, but even so......0 -
They'd all still cost me 5p (18185).10 years ago it would have been 5p!
Perhaps a more realistic call length is 5 mins. New price is 52.85 pence 10 years ago that would have been 20p long distance and 15p local on BT together. OK you need to add about 30% to that for inflation, but even so......Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.0
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