Naughty BT!

Offering Free Sports pack on the BB sales pages but only when you hover over the pages does it say "If you take BT TV"

Can see this causing them a headache!

http://prntscr.com/7gvkxn
http://prntscr.com/7gvkzc

BT TV is free

Again, not without provisos which is what the OP is commenting on.

Not anymore!

In reply to a post by AAuser27:

Not anymore!

Yes it is. Says so here http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/products/tv-pa...

They should charge for tv and sport channels, instead of making all those who Dont have or Want their broadband and tv pay for it , you know those Line rental /calls customers why should they prop up BT's loss leaders?

£35 setup fee though

In reply to a post by tthom:

£35 setup fee though

And £4 a month from month 13.

It says "+ activation fee from £14" which isn't going to break the bank for £0 monthly fee.

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

In reply to a post by tthom:

£35 setup fee though

And £4 a month from month 13.

12 month contract doesn't include month 13.

when I go to add it on to my broadband its -

£0/mth
+ £35 activation fee

In reply to a post by tthom:

£0/mth
+ £35 activation fee

Yup, and once the first 12 months is up you will be charged £4 per month, or whatever it costs in 12 months time.

Edited by Oliver341 (Sun 14-Jun-15 22:25:37)

I'm looking at the price for new customers

Not saying your wrong Oliver

Should have said batboy lol

In reply to a post by tthom:

Not saying your wrong Oliver

I think BT bury their out of contract pricing better than anyone else. No "price from month 13" next to the £0/month, and not even an asterisk.

http://s27.postimg.org/rrmcrdklv/image.png

The small print, I've paragraphed the new bit


BT Sport � UK residential broadband customers only. BT broadband customers can watch BT Sport online at home with a minimum line speed of 400kbps. To watch BT Sport online elsewhere you need 3G/4G/wifi (charges may apply). To watch BT Sport at btsport.com you need Microsoft Silverlight. The BT Sport App works on iPhone (3GS and above), iPad (iOS 5.1.1 and above) & selected Android devices with OS 4.1. Max. 2 devices simultaneously.
BT Sport is also available on BT TV for new and existing broadband customers who sign up for 12 months or have 12 months remaining on their contract; ongoing renewal needed to get discounted BT Sport. Sport on BT TV requires compatible box from BT � fee £49-£299 may apply.
BT TV customers without BT Infinity will need to order & pay for a viewing card by phone from 1 Aug; allow ten days for delivery. e-billing required.BT Sport is free for new and existing customers. BT Broadband for new customers from £10 a month (plus line rental £15.45 a month). Terms apply.
HD TV pack £3 a month. Requires HD ready TV & cabling. To watch HD on Sky Digital Satellite Platform, customers need a black satellite receiver box. Terms apply.

Now that's confusing..... I'll stick to BT Sport on my Tablet/PC.

Cheapest simplest way if you are a BT Infinity customer is to order BT TV and get all the BT Sport channels bundled in for nothing extra. As an existing BT TV customer I seem to have come out of this well but I have always thought Sky customers were previously offered a favourable deal so it is amusing to watch them squeal now at having to pay what seems like a very reasonable supplement to their big bucks Sky subscription.

I did some digging on this over the weekend. I don't have BT TV but I have DSL broadband and phone line. I occasionally watch BT Sport on the Sky platform.

My options (as discussed with their online help chat) :-

Option 1 - Do nothing and pay £5 per month. Re-contracted for 12 months
Option 2 - Downgrade to BT sport lite - unbelievably re-contracted for 12 months
Option 3 - Remove BT sport. Unfortunately, this is impossible in the online account area.

I would actually question whether it is legal to give 2 options and both require a new 12 month contract?

Following the downgrade link also told me that I didn't have a BT line !!!!

My contract currently runs out mid August and given these BT sport changes apply from the 1st, then I guarantee something will get screwed up and I will be charged for something I don't want.

Edited by jakdos (Mon 15-Jun-15 11:07:54)

As an existing customer who upgraded to Option 3 last week and took BT TV at the same time

£35 activation fee
£5pm for Essential package

Was Starter for £0 per month an option which was offered?

Starter wasn't offered as an option

Also not in an area that's enabled for the additional channels

They weren't able to add BT Sport at the time - think I can live without it

FTTP FVA customers are annoyingly unable to upgrade online - I have a virtual phone line which isn't recognised by BT systems as yet!

In reply to a post by jakdos:

I did some digging on this over the weekend. I don't have BT TV but I have DSL broadband and phone line. I occasionally watch BT Sport on the Sky platform.

My options (as discussed with their online help chat) :-

Option 1 - Do nothing and pay £5 per month. Re-contracted for 12 months
Option 2 - Downgrade to BT sport lite - unbelievably re-contracted for 12 months
Option 3 - Remove BT sport. Unfortunately, this is impossible in the online account area.

I would actually question whether it is legal to give 2 options and both require a new 12 month contract?

Following the downgrade link also told me that I didn't have a BT line !!!!

My contract currently runs out mid August and given these BT sport changes apply from the 1st, then I guarantee something will get screwed up and I will be charged for something I don't want.

Downgrading to Lite doesn't mean a new contract. They give you the choice and point out if you don't take up another 12 months contract BT Sport Lite will cost £6 odd when your contract ends.

I chose the downgrade to Lite option with no new contract, because I'm jumping ship when my contract is up anyway.

Hi

How did you downgrade to lite?

I'm only 2 months into my contract

In reply to a post by blfamily:

How did you downgrade to lite?

www.bt.com/give-me-lite

It doesn't always offer up the correct option though after you provide your phone number.

Thank You - I'll put this over on the BT Community as no one there seems to know how to downgrade !