B T price changes

Heinz

To be implemented on 1 February and 1 April 2008, I believe:

(1). BT Together Option 1 to increase from £11/month to £11.75/month. At the moment, this plan allows evening and weekend UK 01/02 calls of up to an hour for 4½p each but unconfirmed rumour has it that, at the same time as the 75p increase, the 4½p per call charge for weekend UK 01/02 calls will be scrapped;

(2). BT Together Option 2 to decrease from £3.45/month to £2.70/month;

(3). BT Together Option 3 to decrease from £7.95/month to £5.95/month.

(4). The paper-free discount to increase from 50p/month to £1.25/month - effectively eliminating the 75p increase for those on BT Together Option 1.

gt94sss2

Do you have a source/link to this?

Regards
Sunil

Heinz

Implementation date now believed to be 1st February but, as yet, nothing further to confirm (or otherwise) the details contained in the OP.

matrix999

Even more of a reason to move away from rip off BT!! :mad:

hmaffin

I just found an offer on the BT site offering free calls on Option 2 for 12 months if you agree to an 18 month contract. Existing Option 2 customers as well as new.

Now we're already on Option 2 so I signed up online to the 18 month contract In the T&C it then says you will continue to pay £13.95 from month 13. Now if the price does drop in Feb 08 as you say, I wonder do we then pay the new price from month 13? (So say the package price drops to £2.70 we would pay £13.20 per month from month 13 as we would be doing from when it drops anyway?)

Even if it does drop by 75p a month, by doing what I am doing I still save over £32 this year. But then if we have to continue to pay £3.45 for calls when others are paying £2.70 for 6 months it knocks £4.50 off the saving. Still not bad I guess.

Hae emailed BT to find out.

billsavings

hmaffin wrote: »

I just found an offer on the BT site offering free calls on Option 2 for 12 months if you agree to an 18 month contract. Existing Option 2 customers as well as new.

Now we're already on Option 2 so I signed up online to the 18 month contract In the T&C it then says you will continue to pay £13.95 from month 13. Now if the price does drop in Feb 08 as you say, I wonder do we then pay the new price from month 13? (So say the package price drops to £2.70 we would pay £13.20 per month from month 13 as we would be doing from when it drops anyway?)

Even if it does drop by 75p a month, by doing what I am doing I still save over £32 this year. But then if we have to continue to pay £3.45 for calls when others are paying £2.70 for 6 months it knocks £4.50 off the saving. Still not bad I guess.

Hae emailed BT to find out.

Why pay anything ? when you can get
Free Evening and Weekend 01/2 Calls of up to 90 minutes a call from Primus .

http://www.planet-talk.co.uk/SaverProducts.aspx?source=saver

gt94sss2

hmaffin wrote: »

Now we're already on Option 2 so I signed up online to the 18 month contract In the T&C it then says you will continue to pay £13.95 from month 13. Now if the price does drop in Feb 08 as you say, I wonder do we then pay the new price from month 13?

If BT do cut the prices - then they will charge you the new lower monthly fee as well.

BT won't be able to answer your email - because if any price cuts are planned.. they haven't been announced yet.

Regards
Sunil

diamonds

thats crap £11.75 ontop of my £5 Orange broadband, this is starting to look like a dud deal...id have been better sticking with my £10.00 a month 2MB Virgin BB deal instead of £16.75 for both, Orange broadband free calls now have a 6p connection fee so apart from Primus Eve & Weekends im getting screwed from every angle.........my bills are going up up up

I think im going to try and resolve my Virgin dispute.... get my £10 BB back............

watch Tiscali TT & others follow BT's suit..........

hmaffin

gt94sss2 wrote: »

If BT do cut the prices - then they will charge you the new lower monthly fee as well.

BT won't be able to answer your email - because if any price cuts are planned.. they haven't been announced yet.

BT seem to disagree :

With regards to your e-mail, I would like to inform you that you are on Option 2 for the price of Option 1 which is a 18 month contract and wherein for the first 12 months, your evenings and weekends calls are free upto an hour and the line rental is £10.50 per month and for the last 6 months, the call structure would be the same but the rental would be £13.95 per month.

Moreover, any price changes will not affect the prices on your account till the contract ends on 27/07/09.

I knocked up a quick excel sheet and if the price drops feb 1st then on the "offer" i would still save £27.90 over the 18 months, even if we end up tied in at the £3.45 for months 13-18. In fact they'd have to drop the price to below £1.20 starting this feb in order for it not to be profitable. We'll see how it goes. I have until next thursday to decide!!

jhp

If your so keen on saving money,why dont you take the Primus Saver offer already mentioned in this thread.

BexTech

hmaffin wrote: »

BT seem to disagree :

I knocked up a quick excel sheet and if the price drops feb 1st then on the "offer" i would still save £27.90 over the 18 months, even if we end up tied in at the £3.45 for months 13-18. In fact they'd have to drop the price to below £1.20 starting this feb in order for it not to be profitable. We'll see how it goes. I have until next Thursday to decide!!

You should go with Primus where you get evening and weekend calls at no extra cost and not tied into any contract. Just seems stupid not to.