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cheapest bt package?

treeze
treeze Posts: 75 Forumite
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Forgive my ignorance but I am currently on the BT free evening and weekend calls but barely make any calls on my home phone as I use my mobile. The only time I use landline-apart from needing it for broadband- is for calls which cost too much on a mobile which are daytime calls anyway. Is there a cheaper very basic deal to help me save money?

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  • jhp
    jhp Posts: 2,342 Forumite
    edited 9 April 2012 at 7:12PM
    Not if your getting inclusive evening and weekend calls for £14.60 – every month already.You pay £3 a month extra for them now.

    http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=31674

    You could reduce the cost of line rental by purchasing line rental saver.

    You could also get cheaper peak calls on BT by using www.18185.co.uk just 5p per call to 01//02/03 numbers.
  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    treeze wrote: »
    Forgive my ignorance but I am currently on the BT free evening and weekend calls but barely make any calls on my home phone as I use my mobile. The only time I use landline-apart from needing it for broadband- is for calls which cost too much on a mobile which are daytime calls anyway. Is there a cheaper very basic deal to help me save money?
    Are you on an means tested benefit? If so you could join BT Basic which is £4.80 a month....or you could prepay 12 months on BT which now costs £129 for 12 months...or you could consider switching both your broadband and line rental to a company like Tesco Broadband which would cost you £16.25 for 12 months followed by £20.25 after that inclusive of evening/weekend calls and unlimited broadband.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,098 Forumite
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    Bear in mind that if on BT Basic you do exceed your inclusive calls allowance, then the excess is charged at a very high rate.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    macman wrote: »
    Bear in mind that if on BT Basic you do exceed your inclusive calls allowance, then the excess is charged at a very high rate.

    And you can't take advantage of 1899/18185 etc (or their alternative freephone connections)
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