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BE broadband promises ‘cheaper than BT’ landline service

Monday 9 August, 2010

By Becca Talbot - becca@consumerchoices.co.uk

Looking to save money on your landline bills? Consider switching to broadband provider BE, which promises to offer calls and line rental deals for less than BT.

Award-winning broadband provider BE broadband has revealed that its home phone service will cost “less than the traditional BT package”, helping customers save money on their monthly landline bills.

The new landline service, which is due to launch next month, will offer a line rental-only deal, an evening and weekend calls package, and an unlimited calls deal which will include calls to 20 international destinations.

Prices will be as follows:

• Landline (only pay for the calls you make) - £9.50 a month
• Evening & Weekends - £10.50 a month
• Anytime (free calls to UK landline numbers at anytime, plus 600 free minutes to 20 international destinations) - £13.50 a month.

BE broadband’s “simple, low price landline” service is designed for customers who would rather concentrate on their broadband package than worry about their home phone bills.

Tom Williams, managing director of BE broadband, said the service would offer customers complete control with “no excessively long contracts, no automatic contract renewals, and no unnecessary bundling of features that increase costs.”

He added: “We want people to be able to get on with living their online lives with minimal disruption, and the launch of the new landline service will help us to achieve this.”

BE broadband also confirmed that existing customers will benefit from one month’s free line rental when they sign-up.

BE Broadband currently offers three broadband packages: BE Value which costs £13.79 a month, BE Unlimited at £17.88 a month, and the BE Pro deal costing £21.97 a month and offering broadband speeds of up to 24Mb.