BT, it seems, are at it again. Not wanting to be left out of the price rise melee going on all around them, they have decided to raise their prices once again, with the changes coming into effect from January 2013, when all customers will be forced to pay an extra 5.9% for their broadband and phone services.
Yep, that's right. Those telecom giants have decided that they want a piece of the price-hike-pie and as such have announced that from January next year their latest price rises will come into effect, alongside Npower, Scottish Power and British Gas.
BT have releases a statement concerning the price rises, which reads: "All voice and broadband changes have been restricted to 5.9% and prices will be frozen on all monthly line rental, BT Infinity, BT Broadband, UK Landline calls and vision essential until 2014 at the earliest".
BT have also announced that anyone unhappy with the price rises can cancel their service without incurring a penalty - so long as the cancellation is made within 10 days of being notified of the price increase.
The area most affected by the forthcoming price rises will be line rental where prices will increase 85 pence per month, from 14.60 to 15.45, and connection costs which will increase from 13.1 p to 13.87 p per call.
The actual cost of calls will also be increasing, with daytime costs increasing to 8.41 pence per minute from 7.95 pence per minute, and evening costs rising to 1.11 pence per minute from 1.05 pence per minute. Specialist plans will also see an increase of 30 pence per month.
And so, as we chew once more upon the curd of distress, and our fears over our finances threaten flood over once more, the question that has to be asked is why do we put ourselves through it - or more precisely - why do we let ourselves get put through it when there are better options out there; namely Voip.
So ok, Voip may not yet be the perfect technology, and there may be some flaws still to be ironed out, but for the benefits it has to offer - such as massively cheaper call rates and massively improved audio quality - surely the pro's of Voip far outweigh the con's. And if you're still not convinced, stay with your analogue system, count down the days until the next price rise and get angry all over again.
Yep, that's right. Those telecom giants have decided that they want a piece of the price-hike-pie and as such have announced that from January next year their latest price rises will come into effect, alongside Npower, Scottish Power and British Gas.
BT have releases a statement concerning the price rises, which reads: "All voice and broadband changes have been restricted to 5.9% and prices will be frozen on all monthly line rental, BT Infinity, BT Broadband, UK Landline calls and vision essential until 2014 at the earliest".
BT have also announced that anyone unhappy with the price rises can cancel their service without incurring a penalty - so long as the cancellation is made within 10 days of being notified of the price increase.
The area most affected by the forthcoming price rises will be line rental where prices will increase 85 pence per month, from 14.60 to 15.45, and connection costs which will increase from 13.1 p to 13.87 p per call.
The actual cost of calls will also be increasing, with daytime costs increasing to 8.41 pence per minute from 7.95 pence per minute, and evening costs rising to 1.11 pence per minute from 1.05 pence per minute. Specialist plans will also see an increase of 30 pence per month.
And so, as we chew once more upon the curd of distress, and our fears over our finances threaten flood over once more, the question that has to be asked is why do we put ourselves through it - or more precisely - why do we let ourselves get put through it when there are better options out there; namely Voip.
So ok, Voip may not yet be the perfect technology, and there may be some flaws still to be ironed out, but for the benefits it has to offer - such as massively cheaper call rates and massively improved audio quality - surely the pro's of Voip far outweigh the con's. And if you're still not convinced, stay with your analogue system, count down the days until the next price rise and get angry all over again.
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