Price creep (leap!)

[#1]

I just received by email from PN about increases. I took a deal to reduce my BB to £4.99/m, line rental remaining at £15.95 starting in April 2015.
Umm - just checking, will this increase also hike my current monthly Line Rental (after all I'm in contract).  
It also isn't possible (even if I wanted to) from the PN site to get the current LRS at the current rate (maybe because I'm in contract). And what a huge hike it is as well to the new LRS rate!! Barely any saving considering it is such a large up front outlay to save not that much.
Very disappointed.

[#2]

Bah, my e-mail still hasn't arrived, have my eye on a deal that's set to expire shortly. 

[#3]

Quote from: KevinG

I'm surprised about the Council tax - mine's only gone up 0.7% in 5 years.

Here in Wales, the last 3 year's Council tax increases have been 4.7%,4.5% & 4%

[#4]

Quote from: materialman

Umm - just checking, will this increase also hike my current monthly Line Rental (after all I'm in contract).

I would expect so.

Quote from: materialman

It also isn't possible (even if I wanted to) from the PN site to get the current LRS at the current rate (maybe because I'm in contract)

It should be. What error do you get? I get "Line Rental Saver isn't available with your current call plan. To take advantage of Line Rental Saver you can change to one of our current call plans. Please call our Support Team on 0800 013 2632 to arrange this." but I'm already on LRS.

[#5]

Quote from: davidj60

Here in Wales, the last 3 year's Council tax increases have been 4.7%,4.5% & 4%

Well I guess that's the cost of an extra layer of government (the assembly), having to print everything twice and "free" prescriptions.

[#6]

A little OT, but does anyone know when last mother BT raised her phone and broadband prices, or if any are in pipeline?

[#7]

BT put their line rental up to £16.99 on the 1st December last year
[quote=http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/utilities/2014/08/bt-confirms-up-to-65-price-hike-from-december]Standard line rental for direct debit customers – £16.99/month, up from £15.99/month (6.25% increase).
Line rental saver – £169.90 (equivalent of £14.15/month) for new and renewing customers who pay for the year upfront, up from £159.84/year (equivalent of £13.32/month).
Broadband prices – will increase by as much as 6.49% (incl broadband + unltd weekend calls package at £13.80/month, up from £13 and BT Infinity 1 + unltd weekend calls package at £19.15, up from £18).
Calls to UK landlines and 0870 numbers – 9.58p/minute, up from 9p/minute (6.44% increase).
Call return – 21.19p, up from 19.9p (6.48% increase).
Unlimited anytime call plan (on top of line rental) – £7.45/month, up from £7/month (6.42% increase).
Set-up fee for landline calls – 15.97p, up from 15p (6.46% increase).
Residential calls to the Timeline speaking clock – 38.97p, up from 36.6p (6.47% increase).

[#8]

http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,140872.0.html and that was announced in June

[#9]

Quote from: davidj60

Here in Wales, the last 3 year's Council tax increases have been 4.7%,4.5% & 4%

Here in Scotland we have had no Council Tax increases in 8 years, and it is really hurting our local services badly.  

[#10]

Quote from: pwatson

BT put their line rental up to £16.99 on the 1st December last year [quote=http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/utilities/2014/08/bt-confirms-up-to-65-price-hike-from-december]Standard line rental for direct debit customers – £16.99/month, up from £15.99/month (6.25% increase). Line rental saver – £169.90 (equivalent of £14.15/month) for new and renewing customers who pay for the year upfront, up from £159.84/year (equivalent of £13.32/month). Broadband prices – will increase by as much as 6.49% (incl broadband + unltd weekend calls package at £13.80/month, up from £13 and BT Infinity 1 + unltd weekend calls package at £19.15, up from £18). Calls to UK landlines and 0870 numbers – 9.58p/minute, up from 9p/minute (6.44% increase). Call return – 21.19p, up from 19.9p (6.48% increase). Unlimited anytime call plan (on top of line rental) – £7.45/month, up from £7/month (6.42% increase). Set-up fee for landline calls – 15.97p, up from 15p (6.46% increase). Residential calls to the Timeline speaking clock – 38.97p, up from 36.6p (6.47% increase).

Thanks for that.   The bit I have made red highlights the russian roulette nature of changing  supplier. One might change now and in very few months' time one is paying even more than with PN increases. Must produce a lot of work.

[#11]

Quote from: KevinG

It should be. What error do you get? I get "Line Rental Saver isn't available with your current call plan. To take advantage of Line Rental Saver you can change to one of our current call plans. Please call our Support Team on 0800 013 2632 to arrange this." but I'm already on LRS.

Yes that's the message I get. Looks like it's because LRS includes no inclusive calls, and my 'Weekends' plan does. This applies to people who took phone package on or after 8 May 2013 (I was July that year).

[#12]

From what I can see it is now cheaper to get the full package from BT than it is from Plusnet

[#13]

I never changed my phone from BT. 
Didn't trust Plusnet - especially their accounting system.

[#14]

How about changing your sig now 0800 is also free from mobiles

[#15]

But I don't have a mobile... 
But I could change it to Limited support via land-line...