Yahoo Finance Millions to pay an extra £43 a year as Sky hikes prices
Millions of Sky customers will pay an extra £43 a year as the company hikes its broadband and TV bills from April.
The average TV and broadband customer will pay an additional £3.60 a month, according to Sky. However, the exact amount customers will pay depends on their Sky plan.
Sky TV and BT Sport packages will rise by £1 a month to £27 and £28 in April, respectively.
The box office deal will jump from £11 to £12 a month and Sky HD customers will see a £1 increase from £7 to £8.
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Sky’s Essential broadband package will increase 10% to £27.50 a month from 1 April, while the Superfast service rises 9% to £30.50 a month.
Landline customers are also facing increases of 2p per minute to 22p.
All changes to Sky broadband and TV bills will come into effect from 1 April 2022.
Sky Mobile will also reintroduce roaming charges in the UK, with a daily cost cap of £2.
Any affected customers will be notified and contacted from 16 February 2022 and will be updated before 24 March by email or post. Sky has more than 12 million UK customers.
O2 also announced newly raised prices would go up to £48 per year for a pay monthly mobile customers.
Sky joins other broadband and TV providers such as Virgin Media, which is already set to hike prices by an average of 4% from March 1, 2022.
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Ernest Doku, a telecoms expert at Uswitch.com, said: “Sky does not base their mid-contract rises on inflation, but any hopes that customers might be spared the pain of increases have been dashed.
“For many this will be an unwanted burden during a time when households are feeling the pinch from bill hikes across the board.”
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