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Plans to ban automatic price rises linked to inflation by broadband providers
The Government is considering banning broadband and mobile phone service providers from using a pricing model where they impose annual price rises that are linked to the rate of inflation.
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Anyway, looks like the Govt may ban phone/bb providers from automatically raising prices annually based on Inflation + 3%
This type of pricing has crept in recently, and would push prices up significantly after a few years.
Do they want people to shop around every year, i wonder?