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Do BT ever price match for calls?

jem16
jem16 Posts: 19,746 Forumite
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With all the various CPS providers around, do BT never price match to get you to stay with them for calls?

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  • ginger_nuts
    ginger_nuts Posts: 1,972 Forumite
    I dont know about price match ,but ,I am with Talk Talk and BT did offer me 12 months free evening and weekend calls if I returned to BT .I said no . They did say the offer would still be there if I wanted . That was a few months ago.
  • Froggitt
    Froggitt Posts: 5,904 Forumite
    BT are banned by OFCOM from predatory pricing, or doing specials deals that are not open to everyone.
    illegitimi non carborundum
  • No they dont due to regulatory reasons.
    PF.
  • jem16
    jem16 Posts: 19,746 Forumite
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    Thank you both. Do these regulations end sometime or not?
  • Not until the competition authorities deem that they no longer have market power. As a guide, the authorities tend to take an interest at anything >25% share of the applicable market. BT's is probably still about double that.
    I really must stop loafing and get back to work...
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