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MSE News: 10,000 Sky customers face 18% line rental price hike

Former_MSE_Helen
Former_MSE_Helen Posts: 2,382 Forumite
edited 5 April 2013 at 5:15PM in Phones & TV
"Affected Sky customers will see their line rental costs increase to 14.50 a month from 1 June..."
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10,000 Sky customers face 18% line rental price hike

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  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 5 April 2013 at 6:13PM
    12 month up front, save £50.00 08442 410311 (£9.95 per month equivalent). You can only get it by phoning Sky.

    See offer here:-

    http://www.sky.com/shop/broadband-talk/talk-weekends/
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • Are evening and weekend UK landline calls included for the £14.50/mth?
  • KTF
    KTF Posts: 4,833 Forumite
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    Are evening and weekend UK landline calls included for the £14.50/mth?
    Yes.

    Like the post above I would strongly recommend that people pay it up front if they can as you save just under 1/3 of the cost.
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Not any more, only weekend calls are included.
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • Yes, have to say I was struggling to see where they say you get evening calls included. Seems to be weekend calls included in the line rental then an option of £5/mth extra for anytime inclusive calls. So a price increase and services decrease, effectively.
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Yup thats it, I rarely use the land line for phone calls so it works out OK for me. It was hard work getting the upfront line rental recognised by their system last time, they took a couple of months to sort it out.
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • KTF
    KTF Posts: 4,833 Forumite
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    penrhyn wrote: »
    Not any more, only weekend calls are included.
    I still have it on my account.
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    It's astounding, time is fleeting, and madness takes its toll
    But listen closely, not for very much longer, and you will lose the evening call.
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • paulofessex
    paulofessex Posts: 1,728 Forumite
    I feel a lot of people are paying for phone lines when really they could do without the line. A lot of people have mobiles with inclusive minutes they could be using etc.

    I was fortunate enough to sign up for Skypes package approx. 3 years ago which means l pay just £3.39 in total per month for all landline calls Europe wide, voice mail etc. l have the dual phone which connects via the router so it's just like a normal phone.

    Also l make full use of saynoto0870 for those dreaded numbers.

    I feel some people may be stuck in their ways thinking they have to have a landline because that's how it always has been.
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    A land line comes in handy if you want ADSL/FTTC Interweb.;)
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
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