Sky to increase line rental December 2014

[pk1]

As the title say's.

http://money.aol.co.uk/2014/10/21/sk...share_facebook

[denphone]

Its disgusting whatever provider puts it up as line rental rises seems to be a easy way to make a lot of dosh at the customers expense..

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by pk1

As the title say's.

http://money.aol.co.uk/2014/10/21/sk...share_facebook

Sadly the line rental is being used as a cash cow , BT's will increase in December to £16.99 with Sky's increasing to £16.40 , I wouldn't at all be surprised to see VM increase theirs in the New Year.

[Gary L]

A lot of people think that it's sort of compulsory to have a 'house phone' in the way of it's the norm for a house to contain a 'house phone' to make it a home.

it's not. you have a mobile phone now.

do you make calls from your 'house phone' to justify having one. or can you, or do you use your mobile phone instead?


look at it as 'house phones' are old technology. (a big oversized phone on a wire) and you just haven't got around to getting rid of it when the mobile phones came out.

[rhyds]

Originally Posted by denphone

Its disgusting whatever provider puts it up as line rental rises seems to be a easy way to make a lot of dosh at the customers expense..

Only if the customer stays of course.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by rhyds

Only if the customer stays of course.

l have no choice rhyds because my phone line is used to download information down the phone line to the hospital.

[rhyds]

Originally Posted by denphone

l have no choice rhyds because my phone line is used to download information down the phone line to the hospital.

I changed my provider from BT to plusnet and paid about £3 or so less per month on my rental (less again with a line rental saver). Not every provider charges the same for rental.

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by denphone

l have no choice rhyds because my phone line is used to download information down the phone line to the hospital.

Don't know if you're on any sort of benefit/income support but there is something called BT Basic if you hadn't seen it? £5.10 a month line rental.

http://www.bt.com/includingyou/other...-bt-basic.html

[denphone]

We had BT once before and once bitten twice shy but thanks for that John

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Gary L

A lot of people think that it's sort of compulsory to have a 'house phone' in the way of it's the norm for a house to contain a 'house phone' to make it a home.

it's not. you have a mobile phone now.

do you make calls from your 'house phone' to justify having one. or can you, or do you use your mobile phone instead?


look at it as 'house phones' are old technology. (a big oversized phone on a wire) and you just haven't got around to getting rid of it when the mobile phones came out.

How do you propose the ~52% of the country that don't have access to VM use the Internet when their fixed-line options involve using a phone line to carry the signal Gary?

Do we all start using mobile broadband instead? That should last perhaps a week per month at most at average usage levels.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

How do you propose the ~52% of the country that don't have access to VM use the Internet when their fixed-line options involve using a phone line to carry the signal Gary?

Oh yeh. I didn't think of that

Do we all start using mobile broadband instead? That should last perhaps a week per month at most at average usage levels.

I've got unlimited internet on my phone. I'm quite happy to tether. that's unlimited too

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Gary L

I've got unlimited internet on my phone. I'm quite happy to tether. that's unlimited too

Via Three?

I'd look at that again.