BT and TalkTalk Raise Tariffs

Home phone provider giants are raising their rates for winter as the cost of everyday essentials continues to rise. Compare home phone tariffs now to save.

From the 1st October BT customers will have to pay up front for a 12 month contract to prevent seeing their call charges and connection costs rocket by 10 percent.  Call set-up fees will jump to 10.9p and daytime call rates to 6.4p per minute. 

BT line rental is also set to rise by 50p to £13.29 for customers receiving paper bills, or £12.04 for those receiving them electronically.

TalkTalk meanwhile is raising its daytime call rates to 6.4p and their line rental is increasing to £12.04 a month with call set-up fees jumping to 10.9p.

“Already this year consumers have been slapped with two rounds of price rises from BT and TalkTalk, on top of a shift in off-peak hours from 6pm to 7pm and an imminent VAT increase that will inevitably push bills up further come January,” commented Ernest Doku, uSwitch.com communications expert.

Consumers should not sit back and accept these price rises as by shopping around to find a home tariff that best suits your needs will keep costs down, helping you to save money.

A recent report by Broadbankchoices.co.uk showed that 47 percent of broadband customers do not take advantage of bundle deals which could save them up to £210 annually.

By combing broadband, digital TV and home phone service with one supplier, Broadbandchoice.co.uk revealed consumers could save hundreds of millions of pounds in total.

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