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Primus cheapest UK line rental deal extended (30-09-09)

Home phone provider Primus has extended its cheapest stand-alone monthly line rental offer until 30 November 2009...

£6 a year broadband tax is back on the agenda (23-09-09)

The on-again, off-again £6 tax on home phone lines is back on according to Digital Britain minister Stephen Timms...

‘Beware of phone line fraudsters’ warns BT (22-09-09)

Telecommunications giant BT and regulator Ofcom are urging consumers to be vigilant about giving out their personal details to scammers in disguise...

Virgin Media revises phone call costs (21-09-09)

Cable phone and broadband giant Virgin Media is decreasing its call connection charges on 1 October, but raising the cost of other calls...

BT to offer cheaper phone deals after Ofcom deregulation (16-09-09)

BT customers may benefit from cheaper phone and broadband bills following Ofcom’s decision to loosen restrictions placed on the communications giant...

Virgin Media offers free phone line installation (16-09-09)

Cable phone and broadband giant Virgin Media is offering free landline installation for new customers taking its “best value bundle”...

Government crackdown on costly 0845 NHS numbers (15-09-09)

Doctors and NHS services are no longer allowed to charge patients to call expensive premium rate phone numbers following a government ban...

TalkTalk offers free calls and broadband (09-09-09)

Broadband and home phone giant TalkTalk is offering three months free calls and broadband to all new customers with its Essentials package...

Brits favour mobiles over landlines (08-09-09)

Consumers are ditching their landlines in favour of mobile phones, according to data from regulator Ofcom...

Primus' cheapest UK line rental deal extended (28-08-09)

If you want the cheapest stand-alone monthly phone line rental and calls package in the UK, Primus has extended its £9.49 a month deal...

TalkTalk extends free phone and broadband deal (27-08-09)

You’ve now got until September 1 – next Tuesday - if you want TalkTalk’s Essentials package for free for three months...

Vonage offers half price call plan (20-08-09)

Internet telephone provider Vonage is offering three months half price on its V-Plan 3 calling plan to all new customers who sign up online...

Doubts cast over landline tax (17-08-09)

Fresh doubts have been cast over whether the £6 a year landline tax will ever come into force...

Best value Tiscali Broadband packages (14-08-09)

Tiscali has revamped its broadband packages, offering a broadband, home phone and line rental bundle from less than £10 a month for the first three months...

Virgin Media offers free broadband (13-08-09)

Get three months free 10Mb broadband from Virgin Media when you buy a bundle that includes home phone line rental and free weekend calls...

Plusnet launches small business phone and broadband packages (05-08-09)

Plusnet has launched a new range of phone and broadband packages for small businesses, starting at just £10 a month...

Primus offers cheapest UK line rental (22-07-09)

Niche home phone provider Primus now offers the cheapest stand-alone monthly line rental and calls package in the UK – cheaper than BT...

BT to increase daytime call rates (17-07-09)

BT home phone customers face another price rise as the company is set to increase its daytime call charges...

BT customers to benefit from Post Office bill tie-in (10-07-09)

BT customers can continue to pay their phone bill quarterly at Post Offices, after the telecoms giant and the PO agreed to extend their current arrangement...

Ofcom pledges to promote on-going competition in home phone market (09-07-09)

Switching home phone suppliers will get easier in the future, according to the telecoms regulator Ofcom...

Brits not benefiting from bundled savings (07-07-09)

Nearly a third of broadband customers are failing to take advantage of bundled broadband, home phone and digital TV offers...

Sky to increase its telephone line rental (26-06-09)

Telecommunications giant Sky will increase its telephone line rental to £11, following increases from BT and TalkTalk...

Landline levy will fund ‘superfast broadband for all’ (16-06-09)

Brits will be hit by a 50p a month tax on their fixed landlines to fund Digital Britain’s plans for superfast broadband…

Brits love their landlines (09-06-09)

Britain is a nation of ‘landline lovers’ according to TalkTalk, which found that the home phone is still the number one tool for calling friends and family...

TalkTalk is offering cut-price land line installation (26-05-09)

TalkTalk is taking on BT by providing cut-price landline installation for home-movers...

Plusnet increases line rental charge (11-05-09)

Broadband and home phone provider Plusnet is the latest telecoms provider to increase its monthly line rental charge. From today, the charge has gone up from £9.75 to £10.95...

BT hikes home phone prices (29-06-07)

Last Friday BT announced price increases for UK home phone services...

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