If you are with BT.....

[locutus]

... and if you get:

• Income Support
  
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
  
• Employment Support Allowance (Income related) or
  
• Pensions Credit (Guaranteed Credit)
  

This will save you a bundle over standard line rental!

 

A simple guide to BT Basic - BT's Inclusive Communications Website

 

This is BT's "Socially Responsible" package, they don't advertise it as they make little to no profit on it.

[RaeUK]

Thanks for that, locutus, definately well worth looking into!

Best wishes

Rae

[kiptower]

an advantage with this from the old low user scheme is you can now have broadband and does not affect the charge £13 a quarter for the telephone service

[locutus]

Yes Kip, good point, you CAN have broadband with BT Basic. Also even if you are still within your minimum term of you BT phone package, you can switch to this with no penalty!

 

 

Here's a direct link to the BT Basic leaflet http://www.btplc.com/inclusion/Needhelp/BTBasic/BTBasic.pdf

[kiptower]

what i will add this is only if you are a real low USER you get a small call allowance, after that its 10p a minute, so if your calls are more that £4.50 approx a quarter , do the sums first it could turn out expensive for you

[locutus]

Yup, you pay £4.50 line rental a month, and get £4.50 worth of calls for that month at 10p a minute (45 mins) and that is only Local and national UK phone numbers that begin ‘01’, ‘02’ or ‘03’. Calls to mobiles are chargable.

Read up on it before deciding!

[kiptower]

you have to be carefull its not 4.50 a month of calls, its the way they word it

 

its actually

 

quote their site

 

Your line rental includes a call allowance of £4.50 every three months (this includes VAT).

[pompeyfaith]

Shame it does not include people getting DLA.

 

PF

[kiptower]

The reason of course DLA does not apply as there are those have other income and still get DLA

it was brought about because BT wanted to drop the low user scheme, but as their were many who were on very low income, e.g., the phone was more for emergency’s etc rather than a chat everyday thing OFCOM and with a lot of pressure from other charities, Help The Aged etc, made them provide a replacement, but with strict guidelines of who will qualify for it.

[No_Money_Babe]

you have to be carefull its not 4.50 a month of calls, its the way they word it

 

its actually

 

quote their site

 

Your line rental includes a call allowance of £4.50 every three months (this includes VAT).

 

Hi

 

That's very low. Nice idea if you make a minimum of calls.

 

NMB

[bushell123]

Hi I'm not sure if we qualify or not? to get BT Basics.

My husband gets pension credit ( Guaranteed Credit ) but the BT account is in my name!

We have a letter stating from The Pension Service that : This letter is for your information. Please retain it as evidence of Pension credit entitlement for the following people:

My Husband and myself.

Does anybody know? or can help...many thanks

[Lilly_Monroe]

Do BT still do this scheme.

[silverfox1961]

Do BT still do this scheme.

http://www.bt.com/includingyou/other-products-services-bt-basic.html

[obiter dictum]

What if you are curently under contract with BT for a TV/Broadband package

[Lilly_Monroe]

http://www.bt.com/includingyou/other-products-services-bt-basic.html

 

 

Thank you - much appreciated.