Gas/Elec/Phone/Broadband package - how to drive down cost?

rivendale0506

Hello all

I have just spent half the afternoon (and have ended up with a headache!) trying to see if I can cut my gas/elec/phone/broadband costs.

(have already worked out that I am paying way over the odds for what I watch on Sky so am going to change that from £45 a month to £19 a month :T so that will be an immediate £26 per month or £312.00 per year saving:j

However, back to the point. I currently use the Utilities Warehouse for my phone (2 lines - one of which we use for business), broadband, gas and elec.

I live in a 2 bed semi on my own and am currently paying £50 for gas, £61 for electricity £24.47 for the 2nd phone line and £57.92 (last bill) for Broadcall which is my broadband and free phone calls. (we make on average about 1200 calls a month on this line, so important that we can get free phone calls during the day).

So, I am desperately trying to reduce this £200+ a month bill but am tying myself in knots trying to find something similar (i.e. the free phone calls).

Can anyone help or point me in the right direction with any other similar deals?

Thank you so much

Rivendale

continualdiamond

All i can tell you is what we spend, which is 2 people in a 2 bed terraced.

Gas - £25
Electric - £40

How about virgin media for broadband and phone??? Phone XL is £18.95 a month and all phone calls are free, well except these:

Calls to mobiles
Calls to international numbers
Calls to premium rate UK numbers (they usually start 09). These calls are usually charged between 5p and £1.50 per minute or they may have a flat fee charge of up to £1.50. Please see Virgin Phone Calling Costs for further information.
Calls to non geographic numbers (they usually start 0845, 0870 etc).

PLUS you get free TV M, maybe thats similar to your sky channels for £19 a month???

In terms of broadband, they have 20Mb (XL) for £10 a mth for the 1st three mths, then its £20 (but it has to be taken with a phone option though)

Your current costs = £193.39 (gas,elec,2nd ph line, broadband) + £19 for sky = £212.39

Your potential new costs = £139.95 (gas,elec,ph line,broadband) + free tv M. After the 1st 3 months add £10 to broadband, making it = £149.95

Saving you = £72.44 a mth for the 1st 3 mths, then £62.44 onwards

Though i do realise that isn't including a 2nd phone line and thats without changing your gas/electric costs.

rivendale0506

Thanks so much Continualdiamond :beer: - I really appreciate you taking the time to do this. Since I posted I have been having a look at talk talk. With them I can get a business package which is £24.99 a month with unlimited calls (well 10 hrs a day) and broadband, which sounds good - although I am sure I have read bad reviews about talk talk in the past, but maybe that has changed?

On the gas and electric front went onto uswitch and it looks like they recokon by switching to npower I can save £323 a year. Worth looking into!