British Gas is offering a new reward scheme from April for loyal customers but can't it just take the £100 million investment and lower bills for everyone instead? Surely that would be an actual benefit to loyal customers who have been paying over the odds for far too long. ...read
Rebecca Rutt for Thisismoney.co.uk's recent articles
If chocolate bars got costlier while cocoa prices fell there would be public outcry. So why isn't it the same for broadband while wholesale costs fall?
In the past six years wholesale line rental costs fell by 25 per cent yet average line rental costs have risen by nearly 40 per cent in the same time - where's the justification for these hikes and why isn't the regulator doing more to minimise them? ...read
REBECCA RUTT: Dear Broadband Providers, please stop treating us like morons, we're not as stupid as you think
Drum roll please…Vodafone has announced to the world it has abolished the ghastly line rental charge and has freed its customers from paying it. Halleluiah – no longer will customers be tied down to paying the £18 a month for line rental so let’s all go out and celebrate how wonderful the company is for making this historical move. But wait a second – aren’t all broadband companies being made to do just this by the end of October by the Advertising Standards Agency? ...read
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