In reply to a post by adslmax:

FTTC 80/20 £16.00 pm
FTTC 160/30* £19.00 pm
FTTC 330/50* £23.00 pm

*FTTC with G.Fast

Assuming that the above prices are correct.
Why am I paying BT £63.49 pm for Infinity 2 80/20 including line rental plus at £20pm.?
No TV and I only use the line for internet use.

Because that is the tail cost - you have to add other things to that such as bandwidth and then provider costs to support you etc.

Matt

In reply to a post by uno:

Because that is the tail cost - you have to add other things to that such as bandwidth and then provider costs to support you etc.

Matt

Bandwidth is unlimited . ISP is BT.
Would the fact that I have been with them for about 3 years and am now out of contract be anything to do with it.?
Are the new prices for new customers only.?

You will be on bog standard pricing without any promotions.

If you're happy with the service, call up and advise you're considering leaving and they'll offer you a retention product which should see you save al least £15-20 per month. You will need to recontract for 12 or 18 months though.

In reply to a post by lee111s:

You will be on bog standard pricing without any promotions.

If you're happy with the service, call up and advise you're considering leaving and they'll offer you a retention product which should see you save al least £15-20 per month. You will need to recontract for 12 or 18 months though.

Thanks lee111s , the bog standard makes sense , will give them a call.

Your bandwidth may be unlimited but providers have to buy enough to keep customers happy i.e. the bandwidth is not free

The price (backhaul to POP) of which is still prohibitive for the small ISPs to be able to offer an unlimited package.

It's still £48.55 +VAT per Mbit/s per month (for WBMC Shared) and the price hasn't changed since 2010.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Your bandwidth may be unlimited but providers have to buy enough to keep customers happy i.e. the bandwidth is not free

I fully understand that bandwidth costs , nothing is free , but lee111s post is worth checking out as £15 -20 is a big saving per month.

The costs posted are wholesale for the broadband aspect only. On top of that you have all the other costs mentioned (staff, support, Internet interlink, backhaul, etc, etc). Plus you have line rental which is about £19 at the moment I think.

However, I have infinity 2 and the basic package should be £53.99 including line rental. Do you have a calls package on top of that? Do you have additional services (such as caller display)?

Try looking at your bill to see what you are paying.

Also, I currently have a discount on mine of about £20 so ring BT and see if you can get money off.

£19 is the retail charge for line rental, not wholesale.

At the wholesale level, it is just over £7 for the WLR voice component.

ISP's have tended to keep broadband prices unchanged, and loaded all rises into their "line rental". What the rises most likely cover the backhaul costs as increasing usage means they need to buy more of those £48.55 Mbps.

The prices in this thread are all ex-VAT too. When a raw package cost is £35, you need to add an extra £7 to cover VAT.