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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Entertainment
Harriet Morphy-Morris

I ditched my Virgin broadband and tethered my phone in a bid to save £400 a year as Sky, BT and more hike prices

Prices continue to rise for billpayers across the UK and despite the rate of inflation falling to 10.1%, food, water, petrol and a wave of household bills continue to soar.

Nowadays our phones can do almost anything, so when it comes to streaming series at home, using the internet, playing music and even working we don't just have to rely on broadband packages. As prices increase, I decided to swap broadband for a phone hotspot to see if it would be just as reliable, and it turns out there's a huge saving in it too.

This April, broadband services including the likes of Now TV, Sky and BT raised their rates by 14%, leaving many customers paying an extra £5 a month - or £60 a year. As we reported on the steps customers could do amid the price hikes, one reader shared a money-saving tip that we just had to try for ourselves.

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