BT Line Rental
Line rental is the standard monthly charge that all telephone companies expect you to pay to be allowed to use their landline services. These charges can range from approximately £7 to £15 depending on the company, and can also vary depending on the prices of their other services.
About Line Rental With BT
BT’s services usually include reasonable line rental charges and free weekend calls. Other packages which have more free calls than this can also be bought, such as a free anytime calls package, or free evenings and weekend calls.
Line rental with BT costs £10.75 a month at the moment, which is a competitive price in today’s market. Having your home plan and line rental supplied by BT can save you time and effort, as you will only have to deal with these in one simple bill. Having your phone plan with someone else can mean two bills as BT is the supplier of line rental to many homes even if their phone plan is with another company. This is because BT is the main provider of telephone exchanges in the UK, with more than 28 million exchange lines around the country.
BT Line Rental is relatively cheap whether you want to switch to it in your current home or are about to move house. Bear in mind, however, that if the house is currently supplied by a cable phone line, such as by Virgin Media, then you will need to pay a fee to switch back to, or even install a BT phone line. This can be done very simply by a technician but only for the price of £127.99 for the parts and the labour.
When you have line rental and a package with BT there are many calling features that you can enjoy. BT Home phone service can be adjusted to suit your needs, with features such as call barring to stop any unwanted calls. On top of this, there is a call divert option you can use for certain numbers or at certain times of the day. These services come for free, but BT also has many other features which you can get if you pay a bit extra.
Services such as Anonymous Caller Reject, which will get rid of any sales calls or cold callers, can be bought for £4 a month and are very handy for customers who like their privacy and peace and quiet.
Line Rental Prices
Line rental with BT is reasonably priced at £13.29 and the company rewards customers with money pack for paying this fee a certain way. Customers who decide to deal with their account online by getting paperless e-bills can expect to pay this basic line rental price over direct debit.
Unfortunately, customers who do not use direct debit to pay are charged a processing fee of £1.50 per month. This means that over the course of a year, customers who pay direct debit will save £18 than those who do not.
