MSE News: Talk Talk customers to be hit with price hikes 29 October 2014 at 3:17PM in Phones & TV 67 replies 11.5K views

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TalkTalk customers will be hit by line rental price hikes along with a number of other price rises from 1 December...

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Talk Talk customers to be hit with price hikes




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VT82

On 28th April 2014, their 12 month line rental was £126 per year. On 30th November 2014, after going up 3 times in 7 months, it will be £180 per year. How much will it be by 28th April 2015 I wonder? Quite a bill shock for some when it comes I imagine!

NittyGritty

I don't think it comes as any surprise really, when Talk Talk raised their line rental saver it was only a matter of when not if normal line rental would also rise.


funny thing is I switched to talk talk just over a month ago


with this news I think I be jumping ship, as to be one of the shortest contracts ive had lol. oh well looks like I be looking at the cheaper providers in the coming days


just need to wait for the notification to be sent to me so I can give my 30 days notice to leave free of charges

Doc_N

This is getting ridiculous, isn't it? There's a roundabout of increases going on here, with TalkTalk, BT, Sky and all the others announcing increases every few weeks. One does it, then the rest follow, and then it starts all over again.

My guess is that there's an informal (and illegal) cartel giving rise to all these increases, with the result that there's no real competition any more. Ofcom won't find any evidence of a cartel (because Ofcom is ineffective and useless) but it's looking very much like there is one.

NittyGritty

to be honest,while its not great companys increasing prices, there is an upside to it because ...

1/you can leave free of charge
2/ look for a better deal and get in most cases £100 for switching with quidco or topcashback, which in effect probably pays for your broadband for the year


their loss our gain

jamesg123

You can't leave if you signed up to line rental saver.. I signed up and prepaid 12 months upfront in August... If I leave they won't refund outstanding unused months? I need their Anytime Calls Boost so face price hikes... Thankyou TalkTalk

DorsetDave2

I have the talktalk plus package [TV Broadband and phone] which included a free YouView box. Can anyone advise please if this package will increase, and if so will I have to return the YouView box if I cancel. ?
Thanks

indierocker85

If I have already paid the value line rental for October 2014 - 2015, I won't be stung will I, until next year?

NittyGritty

jamesg123 wrote: »

You can't leave if you signed up to line rental saver.. I signed up and prepaid 12 months upfront in August... If I leave they won't refund outstanding unused months? I need their Anytime Calls Boost so face price hikes... Thankyou TalkTalk

that's true, but you can if you pay normal line rental each month

NittyGritty

indierocker85 wrote: »

If I have already paid the value line rental for October 2014 - 2015, I won't be stung will I, until next year?

you paid upfront. so there will be no rise in cost for you until it runs out next year.

NittyGritty

DorsetDave2 wrote: »

I have the talktalk plus package [TV Broadband and phone] which included a free YouView box. Can anyone advise please if this package will increase, and if so will I have to return the YouView box if I cancel. ?
Thanks

Costs for TalkTalk's Simply Broadband, Essentials TV and Plus TV packages will remain the same


its just line rental and anytime calls are going up and some other costs re phone calls,


as for cancelling you would be fine no probs with broadband, and line rental as they are connected,


as for tv I,m not sure, as their prices arnt rising, so I wouldn't have thought u be able to cancel the tv part of your package not without penalty anyway