Contract for 18 months but future prices going up after 16 month's

[raymond18]

18 month contract going up after 16 month's looking at future payments on my sky.

[Mark39]

There's a general increase in April - and don't forget you're billed a month in advance.

[Daniel0210]

@raymond18 

Sky review their pricing every year and any increases normally occur in April in the UK so you'd have had an increase last April as well. 

[raymond18]

Well Feb was 57 March 64 April 68 end of contract 96 no explanation 

[Daniel0210]

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@raymond18 wrote:

Well Feb was 57

so that's current discount 

March 64

Part month increase

April 68

Full month increase

end of contract 96 no explanation 

That will be undiscounted payment so you need to renegotiate new discounts to bring it down again. 

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[raymond18]

So you don't get full discount for 18 months when you renegotiate.

[Daniel0210]

@raymond18 

You do, but Sky can (and do) review, and normally increase, their prices annually which they are allowed to do. 

[raymond18]

Thanks for your replies, maybe I will have to look elsewhere.

[raymond18]

When I spoke to sky I asked if I could go on sky stream with fttp. I was told no. Yet my sky app it is saying upgrade to full fibre, life is never simple.

[TimmyBGood]

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@raymond18 wrote:

maybe I will have to look elsewhere.

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Worth noting that historically ISPs and subscription television providers have applied CPI* plus around 4% as an annual increase.  Virgin uses RPI (which is even higher) plus 3.9%, while for BT/EE it's CPI plus 3.9%

*at the government figure for the December preceding an April increase

[simon194 · Accepted solution]

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@raymond18 wrote:

Thanks for your replies, maybe I will have to look elsewhere.

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If you are going to look elsewhere, I would wait until after April when all the ISP's have applied their annual increases.

[TimmyBGood]

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@raymond18 wrote:
Yet my sky app it is saying upgrade to full fibre, life is never simple.

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Putting the address into the BT Wholesale Availability Checker should indicate if FTTP is available

https://www.broadbandchecker.btwholesale.com/#/ADSL/AddressHome 

It's the table and the two text lines below it which are most useful.

Remove any personal information (such as the address itself) if you post an image.

[raymond18]

I am aware but it's annoying that you have to keep negotiating every 18 months. Last person I spoke to was working from home with the kids screaming in background.

[raymond18]

Yes it is available for me. Thanks.

[Mark39]

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@raymond18 wrote:

I am aware but it's annoying that you have to keep negotiating every 18 months.

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Granted  - it's a chore.

If you find a provider with whom you don't need to negotiate periodically, let us know.