MSE News: BT announces steep price rises for home phone and broadband – how to beat t

Lokolo_2

My Broadband was due to go up £1.90 per month in these price increases by BT but with no useful benefits to me as the speed of the broadband was staying the same, so I called them and managed to knock it down to the pre-price increase price!

Definitely worth a try, freephone number to call them and it has now saved me about £23 a year than if I had just accepted the price increases. Mind you I would have left BT for TalkTalk had they not kept my monthly price as is (£8/month for standard unlimited broadband and ALR already paid for this year!)

Nebulous2

deanos wrote: »

Just had an Email, might jump to SSE

£21 a month for 18 months , upto 76mb fibre, line rental and 24/7 calls

£130 cashback

Seems too good to be true ?

https://www.sse.co.uk/cs/Satellite?c=Vanity_C&cid=1397659755027&pagename=DXP%2FVanity_C%2FConnect%2FIndicative&cardType=connect&landingCardName=Phone-broadband#ULTRATA15

I don't think your link is working, but I have just gone for this. I've been happy with BT on fibre, signing a 12 month deal in July last year, but seeing this deal in conjunction with the price rise made it an easy choice.

£130 cashback gives 6 months free and then £21 a month for a package I'm paying nearly £40 for at the moment.

oldwiring

A small query
What is the new monthly charge for evenings and weekends? I can't see it anywhere.

steveE2

oldwiring wrote: »

A small query
What is the new monthly charge for evenings and weekends? I can't see it anywhere.

£3.20
http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/products/lib/pdf/BT_PhoneTariff_Residential.pdf

oldwiring

steveE2 wrote: »

£3.20
http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/products/lib/pdf/BT_PhoneTariff_Residential.pdf

The other prices there look like those current now. I meant those that will apply from July.

steveE2

oldwiring wrote: »

The other prices there look like those current now. I meant those that will apply from July.

You are correct,when I looked earlier and bookmarked it,it was 3 July anyway try this
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9nhd9x7h7o50kn9/Rental-Features.PNG?dl=0

astralweeks

Had my price rise email from BT on the 8th. Looked at the personalised offer (£10 for Infinity BB & Calls) on the 11th, discussed it with them on the 12th and its gone up to £22 per month on the 13th. They won't honour either the original offer or the one discussed with their call centre. Looking for a new provider.
I'm off after 37 years of the Post Office/BT!

JJ_Egan

Possible that second offer is a mistake .
I checked my offer and yes its much higher then rechecked it and its the original .

jhiker

astralweeks wrote: »

Just had the same from BT this PM.
However my real concern is that I checked their personalised offer (£10 for Infinity BB & Calls) on the 11th, discussed it with them on the 12th and its gone up £12 per month today....
I'm off after 37 years of the Post Office/BT!

Interesting, they offered me Infinity 1 + calls at £8/month on an 18mnth contract. I took them up on it. Are they offering different deals depending on previous 'haggling' experiences, I wonder?
Anybody offered it cheaper?

JJ_Egan

Yes seem to be personal offers as my Infinity 1 offer is £14pm . About £1-50 less than current cost .