{"id":261573,"date":"2026-01-24T12:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/261573\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T12:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:24:10","slug":"just-calling-up-your-provider-to-say-you-intend-to-switch-usually-gets-you-a-discount-how-to-get-the-best-deals-on-mobile-broadband-and-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/261573\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Just calling up your provider to say you intend to switch usually gets you a discount\u2019: How to get the best deals on mobile, broadband and TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Households that switch broadband provider when the contract is up can save between \u20ac150 to \u20ac500 per year. Photo: Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8d55ad69-80c5-4b31-b74f-1a6c8bd735fb.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Households that switch broadband provider when the contract is up can save between \u20ac150 to \u20ac500 per year. Photo: Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">While monthly bills in broadband, mobile and TV seem like an endlessly upward spiral, there are many ways to save a lot of money if you shop around. Here&#8217;s a look at what&#8217;s on offer and how to find the deals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Broadband is a prime example of making a big saving by switching operators and then switching back again once the contract is done to avoid massive price hikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Households that switch broadband provider when the contract is up can save between \u20ac150 to \u20ac500 per year.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8819,72,55819,61,60,86642,126858,54317,25899],"class_list":{"0":"post-261573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-adrian-weckler","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-eir-telecommunications","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-sky-ireland","14":"tag-switch-save","15":"tag-three-ireland","16":"tag-vodafone"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}