Ok I was deviating from the original subject of the thread!

After being given the tip by RobertoS I've recently moved my line rental to Pulse8. Anybody who is currently paying BT for their line rental but using a different ISP for their broadband can move their line rental only to Pulse8 and it won't affect the broadband at all.

Edited by jelv (Fri 30-Oct-15 08:13:41)

I thought I gave a specific point of view regarding the BT Billing.
Will explain further. Saw my Bank Statement, showing the increase of 53p.
Went to BT My Bill and here is what I saw.

An ENTIRE box contained the following:
UNLIMITED WEEKEND PLAN. 53 pence

Next Box clearly separated from the above shows a charge of £17.99

TOTAL BILL SHOWS £18.52. TAKEN BY DIRECT DEBIT.

NO OTHER EXPLANATION GIVEN, That is the ANNOYANCE, leaving me to wait for my next bill to see is if the 'normal' charge has increased or not.
An arrogant approach by a Monopoly.

In reply to a post by keith969:

Welcome to the world of inflation (which the government claims doesn't exist)

You might be misunderstanding what inflation is. Inflation is a value calculated by looking at the price change of a small number of products and services. The products and services included varies over time in an attempt to make them representative but the fact is that a given official value of 'inflation' should not be assumed to apply to anything in particular.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/mar/15/infl...

So just because the official figure is 'x%' that does not mean that the cost of product 'y' or service 'z' has increased by that amount.

Edited by Andrue (Fri 30-Oct-15 17:40:48)

The price increase was from 20th Sept and you normally pay in advance.

So I the bill runs from say 6th October. the days from 20/9 to 5/10 would have been charged at the old rate and you are now being asked to pay the additional amount for the new rate £1 * 16 / 30 53 pence rounded.