Originally Posted by Grouty:
“Switched to Skys line (which is only £15.40 a month), and their up to 38mb Fibre broadband, where for the first 6 months i'll only be paying £25.40 all in (saving £36), and then only £35.40 after that all in, an increase of £4.40 a month, but a much faster speed, as im getting the full 38mb.”
Cheap offers are a special case, they all do them for new customers - and beware!
Sky TV Sports bundles increased prices by about 6% this year and it's a matter of time before they too hike broadband, line rental etc.
IIRC, Sky no longer offer the annual Rental Saver like BT, or if they do you have to dig very deep to find it. This means that for most people, BT rental (via Saver) is cheaper than Sky.
Worst of all, Sky's T&Cs allow them to increase prices by up to 10% a year and with no contract escape clause - if they do that next year, and you are in contract, you are stuck with it. Swings, roundabouts. They are all out to screw you, to pay for exorbitant Premier League fees, only the exact methods vary.
Incidentally, if you are on Sky Fibre, they use the same Openreach lines as BT so your speeds should be the same. If you've done better, that's probably down to pure luck when your exact same lines from the 'exchange' were switched over to use Sky's backfeed and billing. There must have been an unresolved issue when with BT.