Re: Price rises this year.
 

I had an email telling me my package is increasing by £6.0, and that is for 50 BB, no tv or landline

Re: Price rises this year.
 

Or search around for another provider as you will be subject to an Retail Price Index (RPI) rate of inflation, plus an added 3.9% next year, perhaps you might be able to negotiate a discount and a Zero price increase for the duration of your new contract, worth a try

Bare in mind that any future price increase is based on the list price of your package rather than the discounted price you negotiated.

Re: Price rises this year.
 

looks like all ISP are doing the same linking there price rise to RPI + 3.9 % or there about with no ( RTC ) in T&Cs . no point in shopping around just hope virgin media will give people a good deal after all it is a good service for the most part . i will stay with them
until my end date of my contract & see what offers thay give me ?

Re: Price rises this year.
 

Most other suppliers are using CPI rather than RPI and CPI is normaly a lot lower.

Re: Price rises this year.
 

Does anyone know how list prices compare between providers? Are VM's bigger than BT's for example?

A bigger % increase on an already bigger list price would be pretty insulting to customers in a cost of living crisis.

Re: Price rises this year.
 

They are in it to make as much as they can. Nothing else. Direct debits and customer apathy are gold dust to these companies.

Re: Price rises this year.
 

I agree, VM can change their list prices whenever they want and that has 2 effects

1. It increases the amount they receive from their RPI + 3.9%
2. People think they have secured a good deal as the list price is heavily
discounted.

The down side is VMs (list\discounted) price in relationship to its competitors in the same market place.

caveat emptor

Re: Price rises this year.
 

I agree, you have to play them at their own game - I've never paid 'full price', but I know people who do through apathy.

The way I see it is I can't control how VM (or any other company) sets their pricing, but I can decide who I spend my money with. There are no alt-nets in my area and getting an Openreach line installed is a challenge for me as the previous owner built a porch on top of the line and my drive is block paved, so the underground cable can't easily be accessed. Sky previously told me none of this would be a problem and they'd arrange for a pre-install visit, though I still think this could cause hassle and have the potential to go wrong.

So, my approach when I get my email will be:

1. Try to renegotiate with VM, with a requirement for:
a) a fixed price for the duration of the minimum term, or...
b) max 12 month minimum term.
2. Try Three's 4G home broadband.
3. Try an Openreach-based provider for install.

We'll see what happens!

Re: Price rises this year.
 

I have Toob outside the house, 0.9G for £25 a month.Vm wants £42 for 250M.
I will another go on Monday

Re: Price rises this year.
 

Toob is one hell of a deal :)https://www.toob.co.uk/

These providers are out there but you have to do a bit of digging to find them.

Re: Price rises this year.
 

Well Talk Talk EE & other big ISP are using RPI i have had a look around but at the end of the day it is up to the customer . for me it is virgin media the devil you know than the devil you don't know .

Re: Price rises this year.
 

Only Virgin and O2 using RPI according to USwitch

https://www.uswitch.com/broadband/gu...t-price-rises/

The difference is significant. Consumer Price Index (CPI): 10.5% in January 2023
Retail Price Index (RPI): 13.4% in January 2023

I’d love an explanation from VMO2 as to why they alone are using RPI which was discredited years ago as an inflation metric

Re: Price rises this year.
 

http://https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/02/a-quick-look-at-the-changing-growth-of-uk-full-fibre-altnets.html

I didn’t realise there were so many “AltNets” in the UK!

Re: Price rises this year.
 

I’d not bother learning them all. Most of them will go to the wall soon.

Re: Price rises this year.
 

Some of the altnets also offer price guarantees to avoid mid-contract price rises. Youfiber are building here and I'll be jumping to them from EE as even with an early termination fee £1 a month for 3 months will more than pay for it, then £29 a month for the rest of the 2 year contract sure beats out the monster price increase EE want to slap on me.