April 1st is a bit ominous
Only if you’re ridiculously and disturbingly suspicious, of which I am neither.
Me neither....touch wood
As I previously stated you should give BT a call to ascertain if the price rise will affect you if you upgrade at this time and if it does the rise will make no difference if you wait until April because that will no doubt be the new price that you will have to pay when you start a new contract then.
Only you can decide what is right for your household and set up. If you think the upgrade is right for you just go for it.
If you do call BT (and you should) to ask about whether or not recontracting will attract a price increase or otherwise at the end of March should you decide to upgrade now, I’d highly advise getting any confirmation in writing. Absolutely, follow the excellent advice given by another contributor, but don’t accept verbal confirmation on anything on a phone call.
@Kimberlinwrote:The only people that will be paying £50, £60, £70 or more a month for broadband, will be the folks with too much money who don’t care less how much they’re paying and genuinely can’t be bothered to help themselves.
I disagree here. In my case, it isn't a question of not being bothered, rather I am a deaf old octogenarian, totally unable to negotiate on the phone with the renewals gang.
I would love to be able to rid myself of this wasteful Halo 2 with Complete Wi-Fi which I believe makes up the bulk of my exorbitant monthly charge for having internet.
The Sport (Discovery+) and our two Mobiles are OK but when I read here about those fortunate people having to pay £28 to £33 a month for blisteringly fast fibre, I get overly frustrated (not good at my age). Here, we're stuck at 80mbs which is sufficient for my wife and myself where we constantly stream movies and keep in touch with relatives and friends.
The broadband package is described as:
At retirement 18 years ago, I would have been able to have a verbal discussion with Renewals but today, no such luck. Before anyone suggests I ask my beloved to call on my behalf, she is half deaf and, being an 81 years old Ukrainian, also unable to negotiate as all the various expressions, no matter whether technical or run of the mill, go right over her head!
Can anyone advise if I can remove this Halo and Complete Wi-Fi would that give rise to a new contract? I might add that I am out of contract and have been for some time.
See next image that shows what is available BUT no indication as to how I can remove these add-ons and whether I can remain out of contract.
Thanks for getting this far.
Ideally, a means to start a CHAT session or Secure Messaging with the Renewals would eliminate this problem and answer my question.
Regarding your hard of hearing, have a look at this link.
https://www.bt.com/help/here-for-you
As you are out of contract and wish to change to a cheaper package but find that impossible due to your deafness I have informed the moderators of this to see if they can help you in some way.
If they can they will contact you on this thread.
If anything, I genuinely hope my crass insensitivity had some bearing on you responding and sharing your obvious frustration at having to pay far too much for your home broadband product. You’ve been offered excellent assistance which hopefully a Moderator will assist you with.
Clearly, and it’s none of my business, but if you are perhaps claiming pension credits, you might qualify for a social tariff?
In any case, I hope you get the right result because obviously you shouldn’t be paying obscene amounts of money if a particular product doesn’t fit your circumstances.
As you are out of contract and if you are able to install a new router and connect your devices to it, the easiest way out of your problem is to switch to another supplier.
I am completing my switch away from BT (Halo 3+ in my case) on Friday and it has been so easy and pain free.
I chose a new ISP, filled in their online order and sat back.
The new ISP have done everything else including telling BT they were no longer required. There has been no need to talk to anyone. The whole process will have taken 8 days.
About 5 minutes of my time is saving me roughly £795 a year.
All the best with whatever you choose to do.
If you have no issues with your broadband don't upgrade, they did this to us and now all we have is issues