In a startling move it was just announced that the United Kingdom’s largest home phone and broadband service provider Virgin Media has actually lowered it’s prices as of October 1st 2009. Popular Consumer Choices home phone comparison website homephonechoices.co.uk featured this news.
This report comes on the heels of British Telecom’s opposite announcement that customers using a BT landline will see their rates increase. The Virgin Media decrease takes the form of a lower per call connection charge. Admittedly the decrease in rate amounts to only around .5 pence, with expected savings per UK Virgin customer ranging from 1 to 2 pounds a month. However as BT has instituted a reverse half pence charge it would appear that a pence saved still remains a pound earned. Home Phone Choices report’s that they will continue to track all of the small price changes as part of their free service.
They further report that Post Office Home Phone is expected to meet or beat the Virgin Media price point. Comparison of home phone service pricing in the United Kingdom is somewhat complicated by anytime calling plans offered by every major UK home phone service supplier. As cheap phone calls prices fluctuate for this service throughout the United Kingdom, Home Phone Choices recommends that anyone who is searching for the best phone deals available uses their free home phone comparison pricing tool to find the best call plan and landline providers. All that is required to use the free tool is entry of your Post Code and knowledge of your preferred services.