If you want to end your landline contract early with BT then it'll cost you less according to OFCOM.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10341663
But of course, what this means is that BT, and presumably the other telephone companies, will get their money back in other ways, such as increased call and line rental charges.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10676934
It seems that every time one of these quangos mess around with services to make it better for the cretins who don't understand the meaning of 'contract', or ' unauthorised overdraft', they make it worse for everyone else. 
I quite agree.
What is the point of a contract if people can find ways to wriggle out of it.