MSE News: Sky to hike line rental and home phone prices, but you can beat them

Inigo_Montoya

jem16 wrote: »

Are you not going anywhere else for LR/BB?

no need Im going to be using some 100gb per month 4G EE SIMS e.g. available here for free

http://shop.ee.co.uk/campaigns/christmas-sim-from-ee

Only people who have my landline number are my parents - everybody else gets my mobile number - the landline is really only for internet access

magicuk

We recently got the year standard BB free deal via mse and half price line rental, are they doing anyting for people that just signed up or just cancelling the offer?

diamonds

magicuk wrote: »

We recently got the year standard BB free deal via mse and half price line rental, are they doing anyting for people that just signed up or just cancelling the offer?

50p line rental charge from Dec, 50% of the £1 rise, login to Sky and check bills, it shows bills for coming months before non inclusive call charges are added.

teddysmum

magicuk wrote: »

We recently got the year standard BB free deal via mse and half price line rental, are they doing anyting for people that just signed up or just cancelling the offer?

I'm not sure about what you are asking, as you have a good deal, which included credit or cashback to make it so. You will only pay 50p a month extra and can refuse the £4 evening and weekends package in favour as PAYG. Then all you lose are the weekend calls,which are probably little used, if you don't use your landline during the week.


If you look on My Sky, you will see that the 50p will only be charged from the next bill after Dec1 and your call package will remain the same until the first bill after Jan1, as there is a month's 'trial' allowed at the old price and then the rise is not applied until the bill after the 'trial' offer ends.

bazza1603

I called to cancel (was going to plusnet) and got offered £20 discount of broadband and TV for 10 months. Total £200

robmayres

I am half way through a 12 month contract with sky for phone line broadband and unlimited UK calls. I've just had a letter saying the unlimited calls package is being cancelled and a new one set up which basically gives me the same benefits but the price has gone from £5 a month to £8 a month, a 60% increase.
Is Sky in breach of contract?

Ian011

As the new deal includes calls to mobile numbers from your landline, this could be an opportunity to make a massive decrease to what you spend on calls made from your mobile.

Look at the whole picture, not just at what Sky will be charging.

jem16

robmayres wrote: »

Is Sky in breach of contract?

No they are not. However you can leave without penalty because of the increase if you wish.

JJ_Egan

robmayres wrote: »

I am half way through a 12 month contract with sky for phone line broadband and unlimited UK calls. I've just had a letter saying the unlimited calls package is being cancelled and a new one set up which basically gives me the same benefits but the price has gone from £5 a month to £8 a month, a 60% increase.
Is Sky in breach of contract?

T&C will give them scope to do just that .
The increase letter should say that you have 30 days to cancel .
But do your sums first .

musafir05

Left those thieves back in 2011.
They are no better than Shylock in the Merchant of Venice.