Broadcaster and telecommunications company Sky has hiked up its phone prices for landline customers. As of May 1, the price for people who use their home phone to make a call with Sky Talk will go up by 10%.
Instead of it costing 20p per minute to call your family and friends over the phone, The Sun reports that it will now cost 22p instead. This price increase will apply to calls that are made to other landlines within the UK along with mobile devices.
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Knowing how much you'll pay overall for using your landline depends on each customer's individual tariff and usage. However, all calls made with Sky Pay As You Talk will cost 22p per minute, regardless of the time, or day of the week Although those calling with Sky Talk Anytime Extra will pay a flat fee and will be able to make unlimited calls at any day or time.
Depending on your tariff, calls made internationally may be charged at different rates. The cost of line rental isn't changing and neither is the monthly cost of tariffs that include some calls such as at evenings and weekends or cover all calls.
Also staying the same price are extra phone features including call waiting and voicemail. This isn't the first time that Sky customers have seen an increase in their bills either, recently those who use them as a TV and broadcast provider had their bills increased by up to £43 a year.
It seems as though other telecom firms such as Virgin, BT and Vodafone have also all put up their broadband and phone prices. From May 3, Sky will be bringing back EU roaming charges which adds a cost of £2 per day to people on holiday using mobile data, making calls and texts as you do in the UK.
Although the price rise could see people switch to a lower tariff or company altogether to try and save some cash, people are being urged to check their contract first as some people may have to pay an exit fee for leaving. It's worth checking if you're on the right Sky package as it may be a good idea to ditch things you don't use such as certain channels you don't watch.
Some customers, who may not be on a combined package and pay for each separately, may get a better deal price-wise by combining them together.
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