Rumours about BT price increases etc.

Bufflowbill

Heinz wrote: »

It appears we'd better wait until the full details are officially published.

Sounds like a good idea to me all will be revealed romorrow.:D

Drunkstar

Heinz wrote: »

June 1st - the cost of BT Together Option 3 is to be reduced by £2/month (to £7.95/month);

June 1st - the cost of BT Together Option 2 is to be reduced by 50p/month (to £3.45/month)!

This bits been proven right then.

I have to admit the 50p thing for paper free is news to me as well.
Guess that leaves the rest of your post to be proven then heinz.

Poppycat

Thanks I did hear that before, but I so far I havent been charged for about a year. My calls are routed via Onetel automatically, can anyone tell me the number I must use to go via BT? Thanks

billsavings wrote: »

If you dont place any calls through BT they now charge you for basic 1571 and Bt privacy caller display.

You can avoid the charge,s if you make 2 calls/month via BT. Just put two evening and weekend calls at 5.5p each through BT to avoid it.

Heinz

Drunkstar wrote: »

This bits been proven right then.

I have to admit the 50p thing for paper free is news to me as well.
Guess that leaves the rest of your post to be proven then heinz.

Well, the June 1st bits anyway.

Now there's the rumoured proposed increase (to 6p) of the 'call set-up fee' and the rumoured removal of 'free' weekend calls from the BT Together Option 2 (and 3?) packages.

Poppycat wrote: »

My calls are routed via Onetel automatically, can anyone tell me the number I must use to go via BT? Thanks

As you still pay your line rental to BT, that means OneTel is your CPS provider - so dialling a 1280 prefix on a call will bypass the CPS and send the call via BT.

To keep (nearly) free Caller Display and (if you really must use it) 1571, the cheapest way is to use the 1280 prefix on 6 evening or weekend UK 01/02 calls per quarter (6 x 5½p = 33p).

Drunkstar

Poppycat wrote: »

Thanks I did hear that before, but I so far I havent been charged for about a year. My calls are routed via Onetel automatically, can anyone tell me the number I must use to go via BT? Thanks

1280 then the full area code even on a local call.


Heinz, I would assume that the Option 3 package will stay the same as its free daytime. All your source seems to have said is that weekends will be treated the same as weekdays, so split into day and evening slots.

Heinz

Drunkstar wrote: »

Heinz, I would assume that the Option 3 package will stay the same as its free daytime. All your source seems to have said is that weekends will be treated the same as weekdays, so split into day and evening slots.

I see, so BT Together Option 2 would only give inclusive evening calls seven days a week - but weekend daytime calls would be charged the same as weekday daytime calls!

I can see a lot of people jumping ship if that comes to fruition - and I'll be helping them!

Drunkstar

Yeah, thats how I saw it heinz.

Seems like BT are trying to get everyone to take their option 3 package to me.

gt94sss2

Heinz wrote: »

Now there's the rumoured proposed increase (to 6p) of the 'call set-up fee'

The increase in the connection charge to 6p has been confirmed by BT from the 1 August.

The cost of calls to UK landlines at evenings and weekends will also go from from 5.5p an hour to 4.5p. The cost of daytime calls will change from 3p per minute to 3.25p

There are several other changes as well - to mobile and non-geographic numbers..

Regards
Sunil
PS: I don't think that BT will remove weekend calls from Option 2 - thats very unlikely - its the non geographic numbers which are losing the weekend rate

Heinz

gt94sss2 wrote: »

The cost of calls to UK landlines at evenings and weekends will also go from from 5.5p an hour to 4.5p.

Now that'd be a good move - it'll beat 1899 etc.'s 5p per call.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=467667

gt94sss2

Heinz wrote: »

Now that'd be a good move - it'll beat 1899 etc.'s 5p per call.

Do you have a link to any of this part?

See my other post for BT's press release..

Regards
Sunil