ISP BT Sharply Cuts UK Ultrafast Broadband and Phone Prices

UK ISP BT has introduced a significant reduction worth up to £10-£15 off the monthly price of their two fixed line “ultrafast broadband” packages, which are sold via the hybrid fibre G.fast and full fibre FTTP technologies. The catch is that you now have to take out a lengthy 24 month contract term.

The discount was actually introduced on Sunday and so ISPreview accidentally overlooked it until now due to, you know, having better things to do on the day of rest.. like resting (as much as one can do with young children). In short, BT has changed their 18 month contract terms for 24 month ones and slashed the price of ‘Ultrafast Fibre‘ from £54.99 to just £39.99 and ‘Ultrafast Fibre 2‘ from £59.99 to £49.99 per month.

As a result BT are now one of the cheapest ISPs for G.fast and FTTP packages on Openreach’s UK network. The packages all include unlimited data usage, phone line rental (applicable to G.fast), a Smart Hub 2 wireless router, 1000GB cloud storage (online backup), Virus Protect for 15 devices, parental controls, call protect (stops nuisance calls), free access to BT’s national network of public WiFi hotspots and a speed guarantee (i.e. claim £20 back if you suffer slower than the minimum expected speed for your line).

On top of that both of BT’s ultrafast packages will also give you a “Reward Card” worth £120 (i.e. preloaded Mastercard).

Ultrafast Fibre 1 (FTTP / G.fast)
Average Download of 145Mbps / Upload of 30Mbps
Setup Fee: £9.99

Price: £54.99 £39.99 a month for 24 months (£59.99 £47.99 thereafter)

Ultrafast Fibre 2 (FTTP / G.fast)
Average Download of 300Mbps / Upload of 48Mbps
Setup Fee: £9.99

Price: £59.99 £49.99 a month for 24 months (£64.99 £52.99 thereafter)

Just a reminder that at the start of this year BT announced that they would “not be increasing prices for BT broadband, home phone and mobile plans in 2019” and from 2020 they’ll instead adopt price increases linked to inflation (here). BT has also recently joined other ISPs in making further commitments to Ofcom around fairness and pricing (here).