uSwitch home phone news July 2004
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20th July 2004: New Tiscali tariff
Tiscali have just launched a new tariff, Free Weekend Extra. This gives the user free calls to UK landlines at the weekends and replaces their Everytime Saver package for new customers
Ofcom rules on BT price changes
Ofcom has ruled in favour of BT over their migration of Standard customers onto the Together Option1 plan. In March the telecoms giant announced it was scrapping its standard rate line rental and moving customers to its Option 1 plan, in a move they said would simplify its tariff structure and offer better value for its customers. However the changes are bad news for customers who choose to use an alternative supplier for their calls.
All 3 million carrier pre-select customers will see bills rise by £12 a year due to the increased cost of line rental. However, average BT users are likely to see bills come down by approximately £24* due to the lower call charges.
*based on user making 3 calls per day, all times of day, all destinations.
1st July 2004: Telco tariff changes
Telco are no longer offering their Select or Select + Together plans to new customers. Instead they now have three basic tariffs:
| FreeTalk Option 1: | low rates, no monthly charge and free local weekend calls. |
| FreeTalk Option 2: | £5.99 for free evening and weekend landline calls. |
| FreeTalk Option 3: | £14.99 for free anytime landline calls. |
As well as this, all FreeTalk customers talk to each other for free.
There are also two international bolt-on options. International Saver costs £1.99 and gives you discounted rates. International Anytime cost £29.99 but gives you FREE calls to over 40 international destinations, and discounted rates for the others.
1st July 2004: TalkTalk Price reductions
| Talk 1: | Evening and weekend rates have been reduced from 5.5p to 5p for up to 70 minutes. |
| Talk 2: | Monthly cost reduced from £5.99 to £4.99. |
1st July 2004: Equitalk tariff changes
| Local | 2.5p day | 1p eve | 0.5p w/end |
| National | 4p day | 2p eve | 1.4p w/end |
| Local | 2.65p day | 1.65p eve | 1.65p w/end |
| National | 2.65p day | 1.65p eve | 1.65p w/end |
1st July 2004: UK HomeTime
Monthly fee reduced from £4.99 to £4.95.
Daytime calls changed from 2.5p local, 4p national to 2.65p local and national.
1st July 2004: UK AnyTime
Monthly fee reduced from £13.99 to £12.95.
1st July 2004: Just Dial Changes
Just Dial's Standard Online has been discontinued for new customers, while their Option 1 Online plan has been reduced from £1 a month to free.
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