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8th January 2018, 21:32 | #1 |
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A moan - utility companies.
Annoyed.
After consistently ensuring my direct debits where slightly above my apparent usage, out of the blue I was met with a £300+ bill for my water. Now I have a bill of over £250 from BT! Not happy. Have made my feelings known politely. Last edited by Typhoon190; 8th January 2018 at 22:21.. |
8th January 2018, 22:26 | #2 |
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I too have noticed that my BT bills seem to be ever increasing, time to shop around I think ....
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Hi, you mean you just got £550 in bills and don't what they are for? puzzling. |
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9th January 2018, 08:09 | #4 |
I really should get out more.......
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My previous Gas and Electric supplier hit me with a huge extra one year, ''they had miscalculated the average'' apparently . I gave them a piece of my mind over the phone and suddenly they realised they had made a mistake . I asked how this was possible and they agreed to keep the standing order the same.
The problem is we trust these companies to work out the charges correctly but who actually goes through there statement to check? If they managed to get an extra £ from each of these customers for a few months that would be a tidy sum. |
9th January 2018, 08:12 | #5 |
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Do you have a water meter, if not then you have paid for the rateable value of your house, as for BT do you have the works IE! Tele, Phone Broadband ECT! You must know what contract you have with them. Rev |
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Don't get me going on utility companies we are still waiting to get the Solar Panels transferred to our name since last September 17, they wanted proof of ownership being sold with the house, and a the Land Registry Document in our names, UTILITY WAREHOUSE ! a load of idiots!!!!! Rev |
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Thinking of switching to a broadband only package with a third party supplier when OpenReach eventually get round to updating my area to fibre. According to the BT website this upgrade is 5 months away .... its been saying that for the last 3 years ..... |
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9th January 2018, 20:46 | #8 | |
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Those are large bills in both cases and the two companies should be able to provide a straightforwardbreakdown of what they cover. |
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10th January 2018, 19:50 | #9 | |
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All broadband services, other than mobile broadband, require a physical connection of some sort into the home in order for the service to function. The "line" could be a copper line ( e.g. up to around 40Mbit/s based on Openreach services), a cable operator's line, or a fibre line ( ultrafast broadband based on FTTP or equivalent technologies). This is the minimum required for broadband to function. On top of the "line" plus the broadband service, the user can purchase add-on services such as voice calls (telephone), TV packages etc. The so called "Broadband Only" deals still include one of the above line types and charge a rental fee for the line. The user choice is about whether to purchase the additional services such as TV, voice calls etc. You cannot have broadband without a line (copper or fibre), other than mobile broadband via your mobile SIM. Also, most fibre based broadband services still require a copper line into the home. The exception being the Virgin and BT Ultrafast services which are delivered over a fibre into the home. These have only recently started to be rolled out. These are also the most expensive broadband services and therefore not candidates for reducing the cost of your broadband. Last edited by MSS; 10th January 2018 at 19:58.. |
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10th January 2018, 20:31 | #10 |
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Re Utility Companies
Just to add about utility companies!
I changed from "Avro Energy" back in November and am in credit to the tune of nearly £300 (still waiting)! I received an email today saying they will check out my account and refund me in 5-10 days!! Folks if you are looking for a new supplier try "peoples energy" seem very good at the moment and someone answers the phone! Neil |
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