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BT is increasing the price of its broadband and landline services and starting to charge television customers for access to BT Sport.
The price rises will come into force from April 2, with basic broadband customers paying £2 more per month and BT Infinity fibre customers paying £2.50 extra. Standard landline and mobile calls are up 1p per minute to 12p and 16p respectively.
BT Sport, previously included as a free extra, will now cost BT TV customers £3.50 a month or £42 for a yearly subscription from next season. BT broadband customers who use a Sky box to watch BT sport will pay £1.50 extra a month (now £7.50) and Sky customers watching BT Sport but with another broadband provider will pay an extra £1 a month (now £22.99).
Call plans on BT are also getting more expensive. BT’s anytime call plans will increase by 49p (now £8.99 per month) with evening and weekend call plans up 30p to £3.80 per month.
The cost of a standard BT TV subscription will remain unchanged while line rental has been kept at £18.99. Rival firms Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media have all announced similar price increases within the past year.
BT is in the process of sending out letters to customers to inform them of the price increases. Under Ofcom rules, subscribers will have 30 days from the receipt of that letter to let the company know if they want to cancel their plan without being charged a fee.
This article was originally published by WIRED UK
