Martin Lewis issues 9-day warning to everyone with broadband from BT, Virgin, Sky, TalkTalk, Shell or Plusnet as price hikes detailed - YorkshireLive

Martin Lewis has issued an urgent 9-day warning to everyone with broadband because your price is about to go through the roof.

beplay官网手机登陆每个主要的提供者包括BT,天空,处女,Plusnet and TalkTalk is raising prices in 9 days' time (see exactly how much yours is raising prices below) but the money saving expert has assured viewers that there is something you can do, especially if you're one of the 7 million broadband customers in the UK not currently locked into a contract period.

Speaking on the latest edition of The Martin Lewis Money Show Live on ITV1, which was broadcast from Liverpool for an end of series special, the money guru advised that there are big increases coming for bothmobileand broadband customers from March 31 or April 1, just 9-10 days away.

Martin told his viewers that on average, broadband prices are set to rise by 14% from April.

He added: "Seven million of you are out of contract. There's no easy check there so you'll have to look at your contract or you'll have to speak to them."

Then Martin set out several key things to check which may help you negotiate a better deal and beat the April hikes.

"50% of people must get the advertised speed, so check your current speed before you do this, on a speed test but don't just check it on your wifi, if you can, plug in one of your devices on what's called an ethernet cable from your router and do a wired test.

"Your wifi may be too low or behind a cupboard wall and you need to move it.

beplay官网手机登陆马丁·刘易斯说我每一个主要的宽带供应商s raising its prices in 9 days' time (Image: ITV)

"Comparison sites offer incentives not available direct. That's because firms these days have to tell you, when you're at the end of your contract, what their new customer offers are. But they don't have to tell you what the incentives are if you get them via a comparison site.

"So the price sensitive customers, they try to win them with incentives rather than with cheaper tariffs.

"It's postcode dependent. Current ones include 500Mb speed, that's well over 10x what most people have right now, £26 a month" (when factoring in an Amazon voucher as an incentive).

"There's a 264MB speed for £18-19 a month. Now most people with standard broadband are paying £40 a month and it's about to go up.

"These ones if you get them now that's the price you're gonna pay until April 2024.

"But again, if you wanna stick, HAGGLE."

Martin then added that most of the big firms have what are called 'social tariffs' for people on benefits like Universal Credit, where you pay £12-£20 a month and get 36Mb, mainly aimed at people on Universal Credit.

Martin said that BT, Kcom, Virgin and various providers offer them and as many as 4 million people who could be eligible are potentially missing out on the cut-price tariffs (which are also protected from price hikes in many cases).

How much is my broadband going up in April?

BT has confirmed it is raising its broadband prices by nearly 15% from March 31, 2023. Virgin Media is hiking prices by 13.8% from April 1 or May 1 2023 (spreading its rise out between customers).

Shell confirmed its broadband prices increase by CPI (consumer price index, which is currently about 10.4%) plus 3%, so customers can expect a roughly 13% increase from April 1, 2023.

Sky broadband is hiking its prices by 8.1% in April.

Plusnet is raising its prices by CPI plus 3.9% from March 31, so about 14%.

TalkTalk is raising its price by CPI plus 3.7%, so roughly 14%, from April 2023.

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