BT charges for changing to SKY

E74

I paid £124 in November to set up a BT phone line in order to get SKY broadband as part of it's package deal. Shortly after this, SKy introduced it's own line rental plan, cheaper than BT's which it seemed to make sense to switch to. I have now received a bill from BT charging me £70 for early termination of contract, a line rental lock-in i had no idea about, as this was not made clear to me be either BT or Sky. Any advice?

syko29793

New line with BT Retail is a 12 month contract. If you move to a new provider within 12 months the £70 charge applies.

Heinz

E74 wrote: »

Any advice?

Apart from the obvious 'know the details of any contract to which you're agreeing and the penalties for breaching', the upside is it should take less than 6 months to 'recover' that £70 from the saving you're making on broadband.