Home phone News

BT cuts the cost of phone, TV and broadband packages

Tuesday 2 March, 2010

By Becca Talbot - becca@consumerchoices.co.uk

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

BT (www.bt.com), the UK’s biggest home phone provider, has unveiled three new triple-play packages, offering customers free calls, on-demand TV with home broadband from just £9.99 a month.

The new packages are:

• BT Talk, Surf and Watch - Unlimited weekend calls, broadband with a 10GB monthly download limit, and BT Vision with the TV and Replay viewing packs, offering over 7,000 hours of on-demand programmes.
• BT Talk, Surf and Watch More - Unlimited weekend calls, broadband with a 10GB monthly download limit, and BT Vision with the TV and Replay viewing packs plus any other two viewing packs (choose from PictureBox film, kids, sport or music).
• BT Talk, Surf and Watch Unlimited - Unlimited anytime calls, broadband with unlimited downloads, and BT Vision with all four viewing packs, plus the on-demand content.

All three bundles offer broadband with speeds of up to 20Mb (depending on your location), and have a minimum 18-month contract.

The Talk, Surf and Watch offer costs £9.99 a month for the first three months, and £21.99 thereafter. Customers must also pay a one-off fee of £90 for the Vision+ box.

Talk, Surf and Watch More is £13.49 for the first three months and £28.99 thereafter, the package comes with a free Vision+ box if you sign-up online before 26 March 2010.

Lastly, the premium Talk, Surf and Watch Unlimited bundle costs £35.99 for the first three months and £48.99 a month thereafter. Again, it includes a free BT Vision+ box if you sign-up before 26 March.

In addition, for all the packages you will have to pay monthly line rental to BT of £11.54 a month.

Simon Piper, business development manager at Homephonechoices.co.uk, said: “These new packages give anyone looking to rejoin BT a great chance to save money on their home phone, broadband and TV services.”

“All three packages also come with free connection too, so if you’ve just moved into a new house, you can avoid the £124.99 line installation charge by taking all three products from BT,” added Piper.