BT Basic costs

diamonds

For full details see the main BT Basic thread


It will cost £11.49 a quarter via direct debit, £14.49 for those who don't.

pay within 8 days of bill date and the 3 quid is waived.


in receipt of pension credit, income support or jobseeker's allowance, inital & periodic DWP checks apply, if your refused 6 months till next application

as current LUS contract mobiles exclude you & new : so does 10 pound+ payg per month average use ( Chronically sick and disabled customers excluded from these terms )

No broadband or more than one telephone line, or if your telephone service is provided by another supplier


first £4.50 worth of calls made in any quarter will be free, 10p a minute therafter to UK local and UK national numbers beginning 01 and 02, the Channel Islands, the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland, and international numbers ( no mention of UK mobile rate ?? so 45mins of 01/02 a quarter ! thats 30 seconds a day lol )

pay quarterly only, no discount for paper-free

pre-register www.btbasic.bt.com

David_Partington

Does anyone know if you can opt out of BT basic and stay on the light user scheme. BT have offered to transfer me but I am not on benefits so if they ever require the evidence of benefits I will be thrown off BT basic.

I get the impression that BT couldn't wait to get rid of the light user scheme as it didn't make them much money,, consumer organisations may be singing the praises of BT basic but what about people on low incomes who don't use the phone much, they are excluded from this new scheme. Dave

syko29793

light user sceme is finished. bt has changed to a new billing system an replaced lus with bt basic as it less open to abuse. lus is not an option now its being phased out and unless you on benefits or state aid you cant have it

bristolleedsfan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/oct/18/internetphonesbroadband-consumeraffairs

KimYeovil

A 77% discount that is, of course, not available to the working poor.

Silverlocks

http://www.btplc.com/inclusion/phoneservices/services/btbasic/index.htm?s_cid=con_FURL_calls_basic

Click the above link to acess BT Basic Tariff info

Bob

robpw2

spam im guessing ....

ashleyrossuk

seems like a good deal to me, i am currently on income support as my husband has a long term disability and we are with bt.

Dont have a clue how much we pay at the moment for our line rental but it sure is alot more than £13.50 a quarter and you also get a £4.50 call allowance with this.

Will give them a call tommorow, never occured to tell bt when i gave up work and went on income support.

Most appriciated for this, should be a good saving though the year with this discount.

Ashley

Wherryman

robpw2 wrote: »

spam im guessing ....

No it’s not spam, it links to the official BT website.

We created BT Basic to help people with low incomes. It's an affordable phone service for people who get:
· Income Support;
· Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance; or
· Guaranteed Pension Credit

Dobiesmon

Well I will be phoning them asap I pay £35 a month to bt and don't get any discounts been with them for years .

normanmark

This is just the replacement for the Light User Scheme