You will find that many , if not all large scale Telcos have amended their T&C’s for new customers and re contracting existing customers , saying that a yearly increase based on CPI or RPI , plus *% is inbuilt, the increase price is no longer a reason to be excused from early termination charges, if the customer is still within the contractual minimum term.
As already pointed out this was widely discussed months ago , and anyone coming to join or renew had the choice to not join or renew, if you haven’t joined or renewed since the implementation date, then it doesn’t affect you anyway, obviously if you are outside a minimum term you can still move to whoever you like without ETC , just the normal notice period required, and if you want to pay the ETC you ( obviously ) can move to whoever you like whenever you like, it’s simply the case that you cannot say , for example 6 months into a new 24 month deal , ‘right I’m off , because you have put your price up’ .
Some providers ( not BT ) were advertising, ‘no in term price increases , guaranteed,’, then reneged on those promises, with this there is no chance of misunderstanding.
You may still find some providers that still supposedly ‘guarantee’ no increases within your minimum term, or haven’t changed their T&C’s so any increase allows you to leave penalty free, regardless of any minimum term.
