The only assumption I make is that there isn’t an ‘illegal actions’ department within BT that unilaterally makes up fictional agreements that commit customers to things not just never agreed , but made up entirely
I can accept a scenario where someone enquires , says ‘I think about it ‘ and pretty soon afterwards a contract notification turns up , either because of a potentially dishonest action or mistake by a representative , hence the questions regarding what actually occurred at the time, even a mistake or dishonest action generates a contract summary document.
If the OP received a communication stating they were being moved to EE without agreement , without any renewal offer and without an explanation of what continuation outside a minimum term involved, and unbeknownst to them it also started a new minimum term , and this coincided with the expiration of the minimum term ,but the price never increased as would be expected once outside a minimum term .
hopefully the OP still has that email and can post it here ….if it’s a vague recollection of what it said but no proof exists it then becomes a case of what’s more likely, the OP misremembering or something so ‘corrupt’ the potential fine imposed should that illegality be exposed , being in the multi million pound range , if that email exists , get onto the regulator immediately and provide them with the proof
, I can almost guarantee the OP won’t be able to provide this document….but I’d be glad to apologise if the document is provided and shows what’s alleged , more importantly the regulator would be able to take serious action for this illegal action.
When was your BT contract due to actually finish? I'm thinking it's in 10 months as they'd migrate you on the same contract length
Comes across as a bit preachy I guess, but yours appears to be a classic example of taking your eye off the ball and taking too little interest in what service you're getting and how much you're paying until the point you realise you are in fact paying more than you'd like.
Sadly, it's very much a fact that there are some customers across all the various utilities that simply don't check their bills regularly. We've already seen it on this forum, folks complaining they've been paying for a service they claim they never had such as TV entertainment packages that started off as a 'free trial' for a particular length of time which they then somehow 'forget' to cancel. The next thing 3 years later, they suddenly realise they've been paying for something they never had and it's not their fault when actually, it totally is because they (the customer) didn't cancel it. Completely down to not taking the time to regularly check bank statements or monthly invoices.
The point in your case appears to be, BT are not just going to migrate your broadband to another provider without some interaction from you. Whether you've misinterpreted something or you've mistakenly responded and indicated that you're happy to accept the migration, only you actually know. If you're now in a contract with EE and you've got X amount of time left, unless you fancy being hit with early termination charges, it seems you're going to have to suck it up I'm afraid.
@steve56uk Given that neither BT nor EE give their forum moderation teams access to customer accounts these days I recommend that you raise a formal complaint with EE
https://ee.co.uk/help/contact-ee/complaint
As it is EE that your home broadband service (and apparent contract) is with it will be their complaint processes you will need to pursue. If EE commenced a new 2 year minimum term broadband contract rather than accepted a migration of an existing BT broadband contract retaining the prexisting minimum term , they should be able to provide sufficient evidence of the new contract offer and terms being communicate to you.
Potentially you have a few areas that could be the basis of complaint/ 1. If you feel you were misled into agreeing a move to EE -as I believe the status quo of continuing with BT broadband should have been an option , 2 If the terms of the move were not clearly advised and any new contract not clearly communicated.
They clearly haven't started a new 24 month contract given only 10 months left & i love how the stock response is complain!
Again i suspect 10 months was the BT conrract end date & not now like the OP thought
@garybs29 the advice to utilise the EE complaint process seems quite reasonable here
Noone who has responded here actually has access to the account details.
But why straight to "complain" & not speak to customer services?
To be blunt I believe the OP could be mistaken abkut contract end date being now & not 10 months. From experience an auto migration from BT-EE is on same price & contract length so complaining is a complete overreaction & customer service would be best to advise
Have you called EE to ask how you became one of their customers?
That should have been your first port of call. They should be able to explain when you became a customer and what instigated the move from BT to EE.
As has been pointed out, you do not sign a contract with an ISP. If you recall you most likely never signed a contract when you first joined BT.
This is normally taken as a given that you want to enter into the contract when you order the product and receive the emails stating the order/contract at which point if you disagree with it you cancel the order.
This is also the case when you migrate from BT to EE.
There should be some information regarding the order etc in your MyBT or MyEE.