When will this price hike take effect?

zaax

https://news.sky.com/story/money-latest-consumer-personal-finance-sky-news-13040934?postid=9954255#liveblog-body

Neil_Jones

it tells you on that link - March 31 2026.

molerat

Thank you Martin Lewis for pushing OFCOM into allowing providers to rip us off !  The increases are now way more % wise than they were at the height of inflation.  At least now we know we are being taken for fools when before we were not sure. Has he apologised yet ?

A BT Consumer spokesperson said: "We are very supportive of Ofcom's requirement to show upfront pounds and pence charges.  EE was the first provider to introduce this pricing model, offering EE customers a predictable long-term view of their contract terms. Our pricing approach is designed to be clear for our customers."

They forget to state "and even better, it allows us to increase our charges by more than we used to"

Neil_Jones

molerat said:

Thank you Martin Lewis for pushing OFCOM into allowing providers to rip us off !  The increases are now way more % wise than they were at the height of inflation.  At least now we know we are being taken for fools when before we were not sure. Has he apologised yet ?

A BT Consumer spokesperson said: "We are very supportive of Ofcom's requirement to show upfront pounds and pence charges.  EE was the first provider to introduce this pricing model, offering EE customers a predictable long-term view of their contract terms. Our pricing approach is designed to be clear for our customers."

They forget to state "and even better, it allows us to increase our charges by more than we used to"

Must be remembered many people didn't want the uncertainty of a x%+3.9% increase either as it was effectively a mystery price upgrade.  They wanted £ and p figures.  They got it.  And I dare say most of those are still not happy.  MSE campaigned against the whole practice of mid contract price rises, and Ofcom said yeah not going to happen.

Unfortunately while Ofcom have decreed mid contract price rises are acceptable, we are where we are and I doubt this will get reviewed again for another few years.