Absolutely furious with BT changing our bill amoun...

Can someone explain to me why BT can suddenly change the billing amount every 3 months? When we signed up for BT 3 years ago we signed up for Vision and Broadband under the understanding that it was going to be a base rate of £40 a month (I understand of course if you make calls or watch films etc charges are added on).
Now BT just decide they can change our monthly amount to £74!
This has caused us trouble with the bank. We left £55 in there to make sure the direct debit of £51 (same direct debit amount as last month) would be paid and now its bounced because BT changed our direct debit to £74. So now we are going to be charged £15 for a bounced direct debit AND we have to find another £20 for NO REASON AT ALL.
Completely and utterly unacceptable. We live under a really tight budget and simply cannot have our direct debits changed. I knew when the billing changed it would cause us trouble. Its such a ridiculously complicated system! I haven't got time to be worrying about what BT are going to be doing with my account this month. This is supposed to be a service, not something that has a negative impact on my life. Why can't it just be a flat rate like it was in the beginning?
Our contract is up on August 30th and we will be leaving BT if BT cannot promise to stop changing our bill amount.

Looking at the billing page it says this:
"We need to raise your monthly paymentsbecause you're using more than before. Your new monthly payment will be £74.00 a month, starting on or just after 20 August. This new amount should cover what you're using now and let you clear the balance on this bill. And we'll keep checking your monthly payments to make sure you're not paying for more or less than you're actually using."
Why do you need to raise our monthly payments?! I want facts as to why, you can't just say we are using more then suddenly charge us £20 a month more extra!
I understand billing is done on a 3 month basis now, where we have to pay in advance (lol) for the services BT provide. This is one of the only services I pay for in advance. Electricity, Gas, Water, everything I pay for after i've used it. Not before. Anyway, I can live with that, fair enough, you need money.
So, lets look at the July to October billing period. BT wants £151. Fair enough, 150 divided by 3 = 50. WHY ON EARTH DO YOU WANT £74 A MONTH FROM US?!

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