Will my bill increase by inflation if my mobile contract started in January this year?

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Will my bill increase by inflation if my mobile contract started in January this year?
I cant seem to find the information online. I remember when I started my EE contract in December a few years ago but my bill did not increase in the following April. I want to switch to Vodafone and was curious if it will be the same. If I'm looking at a near 14% inflation/CPI increase after only 3 months into a 24 month contract,, I will probably not take it out yet.
Thanks
I cant seem to find the information online. I remember when I started my EE contract in December a few years ago but my bill did not increase in the following April. I want to switch to Vodafone and was curious if it will be the same. If I'm looking at a near 14% inflation/CPI increase after only 3 months into a 24 month contract,, I will probably not take it out yet.
Thanks
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I renew my annual phone contract mid-April so that the price quoted will be that applying for 11.5 months. It might be worth continuing on your existing contract until then (unless EE want to impose a significant increase before then).
As said above you could just hang on to your existing contract and wait to see what deals are available in April or hope that a really good deal now with a guesstimated 14% uplift might work out a bit cheaper. Worse come to the worse, get a short-term monthly SIM to tide you over
Do you really need an annual contract - do your sums to see if a PayGo or Sim only slution would suit you. Do you really need stupid amounts of data when you are out and about or could you get away with a lot less. Most people do end up paying for significantly more than they use
So don't sign up at the end of March then. Wait until April. If you're in haggling territory you can haggle the CPI+3.9% rise back out of it if you play your cards right.