Has your mobile phone bill increased too

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It's relentless.

The mobile bill is going up at the end of March too.

Is yours? When will it end?

Yes, there’s usually an increase on my tariff and then Virgin Media too around this time of year. I’m dropping my data down to reduce it. Should have done it a while ago tbf.

Yup! £1.68 a month!

Yup. Haven't even read the email yet, just the bit that pops up when it comes through. All just fucking depressing.

Yes. Up 7.8% i think it said, in line with inflation.

Nope. Not had a contract phone for a very long time.

Yes it goes up each year

Yep almost all broadband and mobiles and TV subs will go up 9.3% (CPI of 5.4% plus 3.9%) on 1st April.... Ouch!

I have read that Tesco mobile don’t increase their prices. I’m thinking about moving to them to be honest!

11.8%!

Netflix is going up too. It's all a bit grim at the moment!

Mine is too.

Although weirdly my credit card interest has dropped. I couldn't believe it with everything going up so I checked the email 3 times to make sure!

I'm with Tesco, they hold their prices until the end of the contract

Nope £10 a month crew

Not here. £8/month giff gaff goody bag does me. Im not a big data user so 3GB is plenty.

@goaskmum

I have read that Tesco mobile don’t increase their prices. I’m thinking about moving to them to be honest!

Yep, this is true. I have a two year contract with them for a good Samsung with more of everything than I ever need, for £10 a month.

No, I'm with Voxi, a fixed £10 p/m & I own my phone outright

Is this whole thing surrounding mobile phone networks increasing their prices a new thing? I’m with O2 atm and they did send me a text message a few days ago to say they are increasing my bill.

I don’t remember them doing this before, how they are allowed to do that is beyond me given you set up a contract and agree to pay a certain price!

Perhaps it’s in the small print, which I never read, so is my own fault.

Another Giff Gaff user, so not as far as I know.

I don't know why anyone has a mobile phone contract any more, it's a really expensive way to have a phone and even if you want a high end phone, there's usually ways to do it cheaper than entering into a 2 year contract with a main network provider.

No I'm with a Tesco for this very reason, DP is with Three and his goes up every year don't think it's a new thing, it has always been one of Tesco's selling points.

@BarbaraofSeville I'm not in contract, I've been on SIM only for years because it's cheaper to buy the phone outright than get into another contract but my SIM only deal has still gone up. Still cheaper than switching providers though and much cheaper than the current equivalent SIM only deals being offered by the same network.

Yes but it goes up every year. It's in the contract so it's never a surprise.

No. Both me and partner own our phones outright. Mine us z Samsung S9, partners an S7. I pay £3 per month on TalkTalk mobile., minimal data but I am usually on wifi, so no problem there. Psrtner pays £6.00 per month on Smarty, 4g of data and unlimited calls and texts.

Nope on giffgaff. They aren't changing their prices as far as I'm aware.

No mine just got cheaper

Mine has gone down from £14 to £8 a month - Sim only contract for 16GB data, unlimited calls/texts