PIP social broadband tariffs

HillStreetBlues

MouldyOldDough said:

I got one £26 for fast fibre (70Mps) and calls
I've been with TT for over 20 years 

When did you get it? what's the name of the package?

MouldyOldDough

HillStreetBlues said:

MouldyOldDough said:

I got one £26 for fast fibre (70Mps) and calls
I've been with TT for over 20 years 

When did you get it? what's the name of the package?

It's not a "package" as such - it was set up for me (£20 for (fibre 65) internet - (actually 70Mbps minimum)+ £6 calls package)

I took it out 15 months ago and the internet cost should stick with me at next contract change

because of TT's vulnerable customers policy - i don't expect the calls package to  remain at £6 though (perhaps £12)

chapea

I’ve just I’ve just renewed my virgin internet only £25 for 250Mbp 

pjran

M25 said:

I think all these  so-called social tariffs have worse deals than when they started with price hikes and reduced access (ie a lot of hoop jumping and head scratching).

I think when BT started their deal was brilliant and now it's fairly hopeless. They must have been caught out by the demand.

There is still a saving for some households who aren't heavy users, however.

I can’t find the BT pip tariff, please post a link for me when you have time.

Muttleythefrog

pjran said:

M25 said:

I think all these  so-called social tariffs have worse deals than when they started with price hikes and reduced access (ie a lot of hoop jumping and head scratching).

I think when BT started their deal was brilliant and now it's fairly hopeless. They must have been caught out by the demand.

There is still a saving for some households who aren't heavy users, however.

I can’t find the BT pip tariff, please post a link for me when you have time.

I don't think there is one.... those offering tariffs for non income related benefits are light on the ground. Vodafone seem to be the only big one still I think.  There as such are no PIP tariffs but social tariffs with qualifying criteria... which might include PIP in a couple of cases.

M25

If you receive [without Universal Credit/Pension Creidt (Guaranteed)/Income Support] just PIP/DLA/ADP it'll have to be Vodafone.

I think there may be one other company but as I don't recall them it's unlikely to be worth the time.

Pretty sure some of the companies also allow for Council Tax Reduction and rent benefit in the small print.

teddysmum

A few months ago, we took on Virgin, a company I once declared to avoid, but now they much more flexible, just charging £9.99 (I think I'm correct, but it certainly is close) to leave and they allow you to keep your landline number.

The package I agreed to was 250 broadband, which is usually quite a bit faster , 270, as they give you spare Mbps  free of charge. The reason for taking Virgin , over LILA fibre, which is on our road, was that the latter would mean buying an extra mobile phone and Virgin was one of the few allowing landline calls (PlusNet, who we left did allow, but they refused me a deal they offered and were charging fttp prices for fffc, with a high charge for the calls package.)

There is one condition that we take an o2 phone package, but we swapped my husband's existing contract for theirs, which was cheaper. The Virgin bill is £25.99 for the fibre, phone line and anytime calls.

The offers change every month, but our son took a similar , including to some tv, though, in the previous month.