That 3.9% is already included in the 14.4% so it’s not quite as bad as you’re suggesting, but it’s still bad.
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Ah, I was unsure about that part but still 
I didn’t know this but recently having gone from EE who are robbing b**tards I’m pleased to hear this
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2023/02/ofcom-telecoms-price-hikes-inflation-investigation-/
This is well overdue. I’ve said before but it beats repeating - ofcom have been asleep at the wheel. These mid contract price hikes, along 2-year contracts for sim only deals, are just designed to screw the consumer. I’m not overly keen on the practice of each network selling contracts under several different brands - how’s that supposed to be helping consumers?
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Yep - I’ve written to my MP about this because EE recently charged me the privilege of £180 to get out of a sim only contract. I’ll never shop there again
13.4% from O2. Time to shop around as that’s my sim only going above £20 now, and I definitely don’t need the amount of data I have available seeing as I’m home most of the time…
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I’m on a one year contract O2 contract and waiting to find out the increase.
But it’s non-sensical to have an “annual” RPI increase on a one year contract in the first place!
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If you pay your phone in two parts IE O2, vodafone and Three are/soon will be offering this, only your price plan will go up for your tariff, not your 0% (in most cases) device plan.
Be shady af if they also increased the loan plan from 0% to 18+%.
It’s a total con, and why ofcom ever allowed it is beyond us.
I own my Pixel 6 Pro, have an £8 - 40gb O2 SIM and also waiting to hear of my increase but I can’t imagine it’ll be too much more, I do also run a smarty SIM which won’t increase.
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I recently decided to pay off the last 8 months of my EE contract because I expected about a 10% rise in my monthly tariff cost due to inflation, its now predicted to be 14.4%. As this would push my contract over £100 (from the £85 contract I originally got. It went to £92 last March). It was cheaper both to Flex now the remaining part of the contract, and get a Smarty sim with more data costing per month on top for the next 8 months.
It will be interesting to look at how the regulator deals with mid-contract rises in its investigation.
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The regulator seriously isn’t all that interested, it’s lip service at it’s best. They’ve known this has been going on since time began, they could of investigated and stopped it an eon ago.
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I can see why you’d think that, but I don’t think it’s something we should stand for. The regulator is funded by taxpayer money, to protect taxpayers. It should either do its job or be scrapped. We shouldn’t put up with anything else.
I get that the wheels or bureaucracy turn slowly, and I’m willing to forgive that, but ofcom must do its job.
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They won’t though, regardless of what end users think, they could of done this at any point in the previous X years, they haven’t, ofcom don’t care
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17.3%
Fortunately I only pay £8, which takes me to £9.39ish.
Still, companies shouldn’t put these inflation rates on the customers if their business is in profit.
I’m pretty much stuck with EE because it’s the only decent signal around here. I’ve still got 5 months of my contract left but I’m going to request a PAC anyway. That has usually prompted a phone call from their retentions department with very cheap offers, even while in contract.
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I’ve had both EE and Vodafone call me after requesting a PAC via text. Vodafone’s offers were ridiculously cheap. Unfortunately Vodafone is pretty bad around here and even worse in other places that I spend a lot of time.
Completely disagree about Vodafone. Not had an issue with Voxi who are Vodafone. It will just depend on where you go. Three is terrible for me but will be pretty good for other people.
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I’m with Voxi and get 40 GB for £10, plus unlimited social media data, and at the moment, unlimited music streaming data due to 6 months free offer.
The 40GB was a Black Friday offer I think, but their normal prices are pretty good anyway.
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I’ve switched providers a few times and it’s been pretty much seamless every time.
- Get a PAC from old provider
- Sign up for new service with new provider (you’ll briefly get a new phone number with the new provider)
- Give your PAC to the new provider
That’s it. They’ll give you a switch date. Your old number will replace your new temporary number. Cancellation of the old account will happen automatically.
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Text PAC to 65075 on each device.
It’ll tell you how much is left to be paid if you leave.
When signing up to new provider you’ll be given the choice to bring your number across.
Give them the PAC and the details and it’s generally completed next working day if actioned by 4pm.
It can take up to midnight for services to fully move over. You’ll know when it’s moved as your current SIM will stop working and show no service.
With iMessage etc be sure to switch them off before putting new SIM in.
Once number has moved over fully, head to settings and then Phone and be sure your number is entered correctly. Amend if need be to your number.
Restart your phone, then switch on iMessage and facetime.
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The only thing I’d recommend is pushing EE’s retentions team before you go - they may offer you something decent
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