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BT tempts new home phone customers with free wine (12-05-10)

BT has boosted its home phone, broadband and digital TV offers by adding in six bottles of fine wine when you sign-up...

Free installation on Virgin Media triple play bundles (06-05-10)

Customers taking one of Virgin Media’s broadband, home phone and digital TV bundles can now save £35 on installation costs...

BE Broadband to offer home phone service (05-05-10)

Want to save money on your phone bills by bundling your landline with your broadband? BE Broadband has unveiled its plans to launch a home phone service, letting its broadband customers save money on their line rental...
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O2 launches home phone and broadband bundles (05-05-10)

Households looking to save money on their monthly bills should consider switching to O2, as the mobile phone provider launches a range of cheap home phone and broadband bundles...
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Brits waste £350million on line rental by not switching (28-04-10)

British consumers are being urged to switch to a cheaper line rental deal to save money on their landline bills after a survey by Homephonechoices.co.uk reveals over 50% have never switched supplier...
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Six months free Sky Broadband (23-04-10)

Digital TV giant Sky Broadband is offering customers the chance to save over £60 with a massive six months free 20Mb broadband...

Three months free TalkTalk Broadband (23-04-10)

Cheap broadband provider TalkTalk Broadband is offering new customers three months free when they sign up to its Essentials package...

Unhappy landline customers told to switch to a better deal (14-04-10)

Fed up with poor customer service and high prices from your phone provider? Unhappy customers are being urged to switch suppliers after a new survey revealed only 60% of homes are satisfied with their current provider...
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BT offers three months free on home phone bundles (12-04-10)

Looking to save money on your phone bills by bundling your landline with your broadband and TV? Sign-up for a BT bundle with Unlimited Anytime calls and get three months free...

50p landline tax is scrapped (07-04-10)

Plans to hit consumers with a 50p a month landline tax to fund superfast broadband have been scrapped in the run-up to the general election...

Brits to get cheaper calls to mobiles (06-04-10)

Telecoms regulator Ofcom will cut the cost of calling a mobile from your landline, saving UK consumers millions of pounds each year...

BT offers three months free Anytime calls (01-04-10)

Looking to save money on your phone bills by switching to a cheap calls package? Sign-up for the BT’s Unlimited Anytime call plan and get three months free...

Home phone suppliers hike call prices (01-04-10)

BT and Virgin Media customers will see their bills increase from today, as the two home phone giants hike their daytime call costs and call connection fees...

Primus offers UK’s cheapest line rental for £8.99 (01-04-10)

Keep your phone bills down by signing up to Primus’ Home Phone Saver tariff - the UK’s cheapest line rental and calls deal at just £8.99 a month...

Tesco shelves VoIP internet phone service (29-03-10)

Supermarket giant Tesco is pulling the plug on its VoIP phone service because customers “weren’t really using it.”...

Darling pushes ahead with 50p landline tax (24-03-10)

Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed plans to hit consumers with a 50p a month landline tax to fund the rollout of superfast broadband, in the 2010 Budget announced today...

Silent call offenders face £2million fines (23-03-10)

Companies which distress and annoy homeowners with silent calls will be fined up to £2million under new government guidelines...

Ofcom investigates Lycatel international calling cards (23-03-10)

Telecoms regulator Ofcom is investigating pre-paid phone card company Lycatel, after receiving complaints from consumers...

O2 delays home phone launch until spring (23-03-10)

Broadband and mobile phone giant O2 is delaying the launch of its home phone service, to ensure that customers “get the best service possible.”...

Ofcom introduces new rules to protect landline customers (17-03-10)

Britain's landline suppliers will have to adhere to strict new mis-selling guidelines imposed by Ofcom, or risk facing massive fines...

Vonage hikes costs of call plans (16-03-10)

If your home phone service is with Vonage your bills will rise by £1 a month, as Vonage increases the cost of some its call plans today...

BT cuts the cost of phone, TV and broadband packages (02-03-10)

Telecoms giant BT has launched a range of new bundles to help customers save money on their home phone, digital TV and broadband services...

MPs brand 50p landline tax unfair (24-02-10)

Ministers have said the government’s proposed monthly tax on fixed home phone line would be regressive and poorly targeted...

‘Brits confused over phone contract cancellation fees’ says Which?

‘Brits confused over phone contract cancellation fees’: Which? (22-02-10)

Some of the UK’s biggest home phone providers, including TalkTalk and Virgin Media, are confusing customers with costly contract cancellation terms, reveals an investigation by Which?...
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TalkTalk offers pensioners a chance to chat (18-02-10)

Pensioners will be able to sign-up for a free weekly phone call from a TalkTalk volunteer from today, to chat about anything they want...

BT cuts prices and refreshes broadband bundle packages (18-02-10)

BT Broadband has cut the price of its broadband bundle packages as well as renaming it home phone, BT Vision and broadband deals...

Nearly 40% of Brits ready to ditch their landlines (16-02-10)

Over a third of consumers said they would stop using their home phone to make calls if their mobile phone had better reception indoors, according to a new survey...

‘Tell low-income Brits of landline tax exemption’: consumer group (16-02-10)

A consumer group is urging the government to make sure households on a social phone tariff are told they are exempt from the 50p landline tax...

Virgin Media offers free landline calls to mobiles (01-02-10)

Households with a cable home phone service from Virgin Media will be able to call Virgin Mobile customers for free using their landlines, from 1 April...

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