UPDATE2 ISP Sky Broadband UK Warns of Phone Line Rental Price Rise

As expected Sky Broadband has started warning customers that the price they pay for phone line rental on their broadband bundles, which is currently set at £15.40 per month, is set to rise just like BT’s will on 1st December 2014.

Unfortunately Sky are being their normal cryptic selves and have so far only explained the plan by using the following choice of wording: “Sky’s line rental price will increase on 1 December 2014, but will remain cheaper than BT’s standard monthly price of £16.99 a month (from 1 December).”

We wouldn’t be surprised if they added an extra £1 and made it £16.40. Sadly Sky, unlike many of other big ISPs, scrapped their pre-paid line rental discount scheme earlier this year and so customers have no choice but to pay the standard rental price. Credits to Thinkbroadband for spotting this update.

UPDATE 16th October 2014

As predicted Sky have now confirmed that their line rental will be increased to £16.40 per month.

UPDATE 18th October 2014

Sky has informed of some other changes. Sky Voicemail (1571) will now cost £1 per month (it was previously free) and the standard connection fee for voice calls (i.e. those outside of any free allowances) is now 15.9p (previously 15p). Elsewhere the standard call charge for UK landlines has risen from 8.9ppm to 9.5ppm and calls to UK mobiles have jumped from 12ppm to 12.7ppm.

At these levels it’s amazing anybody still uses their landline to call when a good mobile bundle seems so much more attractive.