All this ranting and raving over "massive/exorbitant" price increases amuses me.
On the one hand we are talking about price increases less than a pint of beer, a decent coffee, just over a litre of petrol, per month
On the other hand we are subject to people continuously moaning about poor support. Just keeping the status quo, ISP's would be expected to give their CS staff an annual pay rise. To improve CS they are going to have to hire more people. Where does this money come from?

Get real!

In reply to a post by kasg:

In reply to a post by Rastus:

So you'll go to all the bother of changing line rental suppliers to save the grand sum of £5.88 (at the prices quoted)?

It's £35.88 at the prices quoted.

How do you work that out?

Did you read my post fully?

In reply to a post by Rastus:

You seem to be forgetting the fact that your PN FTTC will rise by £2.50 pm as you will no longer have that amount discounted (because you will no longer have both phone and Internet from PN).

I already got referrals £2.50 off so, it won't affect me!

In reply to a post by Stevenage_Neil:

Get real!

Who, me?

In reply to a post by Rastus:

In reply to a post by Stevenage_Neil:

Get real!

Who, me?

No!

Too true but currently BT have a win win situation whoever you go with.

What I'd like to see happen is minimum term contracts done away with entirely. At the end of the day, if you are not paying the full price, someone (i.e. existing customers) is making up the shortfall. Doing away with MTC would, at a stroke, increase competition. Simply because whichever company you are with would know that you can go as you please. Currently, you're usually tied in for 12/18/24 months. And you only find how [censored] the customer / service is when things go wrong - usually long after you signed up.

As for having to have a phone contract to get broadband............. well OFCOM just don't get it. I can't recall the ;last time I made a landline call. Why would I want to when my mobile does all that and more for far less money than BT charge. Better regulation would kill things like paying for BT Sport in a roundabout way. Again something I pay for even though nobody asked whether I wanted it in the first place.

Good luck with Plusnet, although given that the data will still come down the same wires....... same same.

In reply to a post by 69bertie:

Doing away with MTC would, at a stroke, increase competition. Simply because whichever company you are with would know that you can go as you please.

Why do you think they, most Line suppliers, introduced LRS?

In reply to a post by adslmax:

In reply to a post by Rastus:

You seem to be forgetting the fact that your PN FTTC will rise by £2.50 pm as you will no longer have that amount discounted (because you will no longer have both phone and Internet from PN).

I already got referrals £2.50 off so, it won't affect me!

You really are a wind-up!

So what's happening with your £2.50 referrals ATM? Yes, it's decreasing the monthly amount you pay by £2.50!

And what's going to happen to that £2.50 if you change line rental from PN? Precisely nothing will change and you'll continue to get £2.50 of your monthly cost.

So you continue to get £2.50 off a price which will rise by £2.50, which in most peoples eyes is something that shows an overall increase of £2.50!

Perhaps if any of your referrals have their line rental with PN you could persuade them to move their line rental to the PO as well, then you could lose those referrals and pay even more!

Losing referrals if moving phone line to other provider got nothing to do with plusnet referrals. U only lose referrals if the person account holder no longer with plusnet.

P.S. I just found out that Post Office line is belong to LLU talktalk. So, I avoid that and staying with plusnet. Can't be bother to move line now.

In reply to a post by adslmax:

Losing referrals if moving phone line to other provider got nothing to do with plusnet referrals. U only lose referrals if the person account holder no longer with plusnet.

Duh ... I won't bother trying to explain ...