Have broadband prices taken a dip in recent times?

B0bbyEwing

My BT broadband has gone up in price. It's now just over £40/month for broadband only. 300mb connection. Thankfully the contract ends in August because I'll be on my way at that price!

Just now had a look to see what's out there on offer. MSE show Sky, YouFibre, Virgin, PlusNet all in & around the £20/month marker. Ok a bit of a hit in speed but still ample at over 100mb.

Sky 500mb shows as £23.67, BT themselves do 900mb at £28.08 apparently.

Just seems that I'm getting absolutely stung at the moment. I remember when I signed up with them for this 24/month deal that there weren't really many great deals about. Certainly not like I'm reading now.

Makes me feel I'm missing something in a too good to be true way.

flaneurs_lobster

Does seem that way, maybe the altNets are now sufficiently developed that in those areas where there is competition the older suppliers are having to revise quotes downwards?

My recent experience surprised me, was out of contract with BT FTTC 48Mbps £42, any new contract had to be to FTTP, decided to sign up with Aquiss, 80Mbps, £32.

Cold-called by BT next day, offered 500Mbps at £28/mth (after April price rise). Hand bit.

QrizB

It doesn't seem all that long since we could get a basic ADSL connection for £10 a month, so the current crop of budget deals in the low-£20s aren't really that special.

I don't think I've ever had to pay more than £25pm on a fixed-term deal after discounts and cashback.

Speeds have definitely increased, though.

JSmithy45AD

VM tried to retain me initially with £41, I'd crept up to £35 and then nearly £38 odd with the April rises for 500Mb, landline and a free Stream box :(

I ended up activating Sky 500Mb today at £25 (I have a Q package) A quick change of the SSID and WiFi password to the Virgin details and everything but the Q box was setup. The wps key worked easily (if very slowly) for the Q box. Job done.

iniltous

With many providers applying annual increases of £3 or £4 , a typical initial £30 price is £36-£38 by the end of the 24 months when the ‘new customer price’ is still around £30 , and with a little negotiation the £30 is available on renewal , that’s exactly what happened in my case , I renewed in December, the 2x£3 increases I’d had in the previous two years were negotiated away and my price moving forward was £30 pretty much the price I started with two years earlier, admittedly with £4 increases being applied in March and the following March,

B0bbyEwing

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81972472#Comment_81972472

Not sure what you mean by all that long.

I remember those days when I was on those prices, but that was a loooooooooong time ago.

I've been with only Sky & BT since I moved home 11yrs ago so granted, they're the bigger names.

Maybe if I'd have been willing to fish around for some no-name up & coming company there might've been offers around & I just never saw it.

daveyjp

The area I lived in 30 or so years ago was one of the first to have Virgin fibre with copper to property, compared to today speed was very slow, 10 meg or so, but compared to dial up speed it was a revelation. Phone, internet with cable TV was about £30 a month.

30 years later we now have 900meg line for £30 a month (no TV), fixed for 2 years with a Cityfibre ISP and it has been that price for about 5 years.

iniltous

Personally I think it’s ridiculous really the ‘outrage’ at prices for broadband when compared to other utility and household bills , around 40 years ago , my first house bills were something like £170 mortgage , the same house with the same loan to value mortgage would be £800-£900 (and I live in the North East , relativity cheap housing in comparison to other parts of the country) rates (back then it was rates ) £300 a year , now £2500, electric/gas £30 a month , now £150 , and telephony, that was used occasionally for a phone call , £15 , now telephone and broadband with the broadband probably used for the majority of the day , £30 ….in those terms it’s an absolute bargain , considering that in a recent survey the majority said it’s the utility that would cause the most aggravation if it went off .

dnpark38

I hate the 24 month contracts.

After the 2 years it is double the price I started with and if to get to the many under £25 a month have to change provider.

iniltous

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81972955#Comment_81972955

As the price increase is in the range £3 to £4 per year , if it doubles your price , then you must have got a deal at £ 6 to £8 in the first place , in other words you must have the best deal on the planet…no one likes increases but to claim £8 increase in 2 years doubles the price is ridiculous, it’s around 10% -18% over the two years not 100% which is what doubling represents.

dnpark38

This month on first month of 24 months Sky BB and landline £25, 25 th. month is £46 when out of contract.