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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...

BT’s free evening calls to begin at 7pm (29-01-10)

You won’t be able to make free evening calls with BT until 7pm from April 1, as the telecoms giant chops an hour off its free evening and weekend calls plan...

Offenders face £2million fines for silent calls (27-01-10)

Businesses which distress and annoy homeowners with silent calls should be fined up to £2million, the Communications Consumer Panel has suggested...

BT offers free anytime calls for three months (26-01-10)

New customers signing up to BT’s Unlimited Anytime home phone tariff will get free local and national calls for three months...

TalkTalk voted best home phone supplier (19-01-10)

Landline, TV and broadband supplier TalkTalk has been voted the best overall provider in the Homephonechoices.co.uk 2010 customer satisfaction awards...

O2 to offer cheap £9.50 home phone line rental (15-01-10)

Broadband and mobile phone giant O2 is launching two home phone tariffs in March, which promise big savings on home phone and broadband bundles...

12 months free broadband from TalkTalk Broadband (11-01-10)

TalkTalk Broadband is offering a massive 12 months free broadband and home phone when you sign up to its new 24 month contract...

Virgin Media increases calling costs (11-01-10)

Cable phone and broadband giant Virgin Media has increased its call costs and call connection fee, following the UK government’s decision to raise VAT back up to 17.5%...

Tiscali closes to new customers as TalkTalk migration begins (07-01-10)

Broadband and home phone bundle provider Tiscali, which was bought by telecoms giant TalkTalk last year has stopped taking on new customers...

Home phone price hike after VAT increase (05-01-10)

BT, TalkTalk and Plusnet are just some of the UK’s home phone suppliers that have increased line rental and call charges following a government decision to raise VAT...

Primus offers new Eco Saver tariff with £40 cashback (04-01-10)

Primus Saver, Britain’s cheapest line rental provider, has launched a new home phone tariff offering customers £40 cashback after 18 months...

TalkTalk move could cost Tiscali customers £60 more a year (23-12-09)

Tiscali broadband customers could be left £60 out of pocket if they don’t switch their home phone service to TalkTalk before 14 January 2010...

Calling abroad at Christmas costs landline users (21-12-09)

A quarter of UK households will be making calls abroad this Christmas, but over 75% of these don’t have a calling plan that includes international calls...

Primus undercuts Yourcalls.net with cheapest line rental at £9.15 (17-12-09)

Take advantage of the home phone price war - Primus Saver has cut its monthly line rental to just £9.15 to trump rival Yourcalls.net...

Yourcalls.net offers cheapest UK line rental (15-12-09)

Independent home phone provider YourCalls.net has undercut Primus Saver and now offers the cheapest monthly line rental and calls package in the UK...

Vonage wins best internet phone award (14-12-09)

Internet phone provider Vonage has been crowned the UK's best consumer VoIP service at the internet telephone awards...

Households will be hit by £6 landline tax (11-12-09)

British consumers will be hit with a 50p a month tax on each fixed phone line their homes, to help fund plans for superfast broadband...

Home phone bills are down by £46 a year (10-12-09)

British households are spending less on their landline, mobile phone and broadband services in 2008 than they did in 2007, shows new figures from Ofcom...

Kids are racking up colossal phone bills (10-12-09)

One in ten children in the UK spend over two hours a week chatting on the phone, pushing the average household spend on phone bills up to £640 a year...

BT offers no connection fee on new lines (02-12-09)

BT Broadband has a new £0 connection fee offer that could save customers up to £122.50 on a new landline.

Primus extends UK’s cheapest phone line rental offer (01-12-09)

You can get the UK’s cheapest line rental deal in time for Christmas, as Primus has extended its £9.49 deal...

Tesco to offer cheap broadband and home phone (19-11-09)

Tesco is to re-launch its broadband service and offer bundled home phone and broadband packages.

Vonage offers free calls to India (19-11-09)

Internet phone provider Vonage has introduced a competitive new package offering customers unlimited calls to Indian landlines and mobiles...

Two months free Virgin Media bundles (11-11-09)

Cable broadband provider Virgin Media is offering new customers two months free when they sign up to one of its most popular triple play bundles...

Three months free BT Broadband bundles (06-11-09)

BT Broadband is offering customers three months free broadband when they sign up online...

AOL Talk hikes call prices (05-11-09)

Broadband and home phone provider AOL has increased its call connection fee, pushing the price of making a call up by more than 3p...

Bill payers want cut in cost of calling mobiles (02-11-09)

Over 114,000 people have signed a petition calling for the telecommunications regulator to reduce the cost of calling a mobile phone from a landline...

Virgin Media: 72% of customers now have 10Mb broadband (29-10-09)

Virgin Media customers are being rapidly upgraded to 1OMb broadband, and almost 60% of its customers are now taking a triple-play bundle.

BT offers businesses unlimited calls for £15 (27-10-09)

BT is helping its business customers reduce their bills by offering an unlimited anytime calls plan for just £15 a month...

More Brits sign-up for Sky home phone (26-10-09)

Telecommunications giant Sky has increased its number of home phone and broadband customers...

Silent calls may cost offenders £2m (23-10-09)

Companies which distress and annoy consumers with silent calls could face fines of up to £2million under new proposals...

Plusnet makes 0845 and 0870 calls free (22-10-09)

Cheap home phone and broadband provider Plusnet is now offering free calls to 0870 and 0845 numbers...

Orange home phone hikes weekend mobile rates (21-10-09)

The cost of calling of calling mobiles from your Orange landline will now cost 6.9p a minute at the weekend...

‘We’ll scrap landline tax’ say Tories (20-10-09)

The Conservatives say they’ll scrap the proposed 50p a month phone line tax if they’re elected next year...

Free connection from TalkTalk Broadband (14-10-09)

TalkTalk Broadband is offering all new customers free connection from today until 31 October.

Direct Save cuts home phone charges (09-10-09)

Direct Save Telecom has cut call prices and is now offering free calls to 0870 and 0845 numbers...

BT demands crackdown on landline scams (08-10-09)

BT is urging telecommunications regulator Ofcom to help protect its customers and put a stop to landline providers scamming British households...

Sky increases daytime call rates (02-10-09)

Telecommunications giant Sky is following BT and Virgin Media’s lead and raising its daytime call rates...

BT and Virgin Media increase call charges (01-10-09)

Home phone giants BT and Virgin Media have raised their daytime call charges today...

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