Your BT Broadband bill is about to rocket - check now to see what you'll pay

18 January 2024 , 08:38

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BT broadband bills are going up (Image: GETTY)

Millions of BT Broadband users are about to be hit by another massive price rise this year with things going up by over 7% from the spring. The hike was confirmed yesterday with BT using the newly announced Consumer Price Index rate to set its bills for the year to come. With CPI rising to an unexpected 4% and BT then adding on its additional 3.9% on top the total being added to accounts will be a whopping 7.9%.

It's not just BT that uses this method with firms including EE, Vodafone and TalkTalk also setting their increases via CPI.

If all these percentages and rates sound confusing help is at hand with the team at consumer site Which? launching a dedicated price checker.

All you have to do is visit the webpage, say who your broadband is currently with and how much you are paying each month and you'll get an instant update on what hikes are coming your way.

As a quick example, the Which? calculator says that a BT customer currently £40 per month will see things rise by £3.16 or £37.92 per year. Meanwhile, those using TalkTalk will see things go up by £3.08 per month on a £40 bill.

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Some firms such as Virgin Media and O2 use the Retail Price Index RPI rate to adjust bills and that won't be confirmed until February 14.

It's also been confirmed that BT will switch to a more transparent method of adding money to bills later this year but that change won't kick in until after these April hikes come into force.

Speaking about the new rises Rocio Concha, Which? Director of Policy and Advocacy, said: “This announcement could trigger a new wave of price hikes from big broadband and mobile providers - just 12 months after many firms imposed price increases of more than 14% on customers. It would be completely unacceptable for providers to follow BT and inflict another above inflation increase on customers after Ofcom proposed banning this practice, saying it causes substantial consumer harm.

“Telecoms providers must step up and do the right thing by immediately scrapping any plans to hit their customers with above inflation price hikes this April.”

Dave Snelling