Is it sensible/worth renewing BB contract with BT early?

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Currently paying £22.99pm for Fibre 1 BB which gives me 80/20 speeds ( just as if I was on Fibre 2). Contract due to end on 1st December.
I have just had an email offering an "early renewal deal" but I'm not interested in any of the dearer packages as I don't need anything better than I have. I did notice that I can renew for 24 months at the same £22.99 price I'm currently paying.
Seems daft to renew when I still have almost 5 months left to run but happy with that price. Will that price stay or likely to change as I get closer to renewal?
I have just had an email offering an "early renewal deal" but I'm not interested in any of the dearer packages as I don't need anything better than I have. I did notice that I can renew for 24 months at the same £22.99 price I'm currently paying.
Seems daft to renew when I still have almost 5 months left to run but happy with that price. Will that price stay or likely to change as I get closer to renewal?
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Personally i'm sititng tight and will wait and see if there's anything kicking about for Black Friday. Also, Openreach were laying cable for FTTP here a while back and will see if there's anything comes out of that. I'm not overly impressed with BT personally but over the years they've given me pretty decent discounts and freebies to keep my business.
I would add that because i'm on Halo, which they put me on at no cost (i made sure of that), they cannot charge me more when my contract finishes with exception of RPI plus 3.9% i think it is.
ps- i get generally poor speeds with BT for fibre but i understand because of geography it's not getting better with anyone else!!
Forecast for autumn CPI is around 12% but may be as high as 15%, companies are offering 24 month contracts with CPI+3.9% added at end of march each year.
At same time I hear noises about competition for ADSL because of cost of living crisis.
I would wait and see, BT are not exactly at the cheap end of the market.
I'm with BT and that's what I do. They will go through all your options and then you can decide. The ball's in your court. (Sorry, obviously been watching too much Wimbledon!)
Yes I can't say I'm happy with the automatic CPI+3.9% but they all seem to be doing that now.
Thanks for the heads up on being able to specify the activation date. Was that done by just accepting the offer online?
Bear in mind that this was around 18 months ago, but hopefully it still works the same way.
Do post back if it works (or not) for you. It would be useful to know as I must be due another such offer in the next few months.