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UK mobile and broadband customers face price hikes of 8% as inflation rises
Vodafone is among the providers to pass on in-contract rises, as Which? says increases are ‘unacceptable’
Vodafone has confirmed that it will pass on rises outlined in current contracts, which also means a 7.9% rise this year for about half of its customers. It said those customers could expect an increase of “a few pounds a month”.
A Vodafone spokesperson said: “We know no one likes to see prices rise, but, like all industries, we face inflationary pressures that raise the cost of running and investing in our network.”
://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/jan/17/uk-mobile-broadband-price-inflation-rises-vodafone
I've had a few conversations about Telecom price rises, while out and about, and it doesn't appear on the average persons radar. The Press and every media outlet seem to be making a big thing out of Telecom mid contract price rises, but very few people seem bothered. When I've spoken to people they complain about their Gas and Electricity bills, but hardly a peep about their Telecom bills. Lets be honest, the reason people don't care too much is because Telecoms are pretty cheap in this country; My sim only mobile contract bill comes to around £7 a month and my Broadband bill is around £25 a month, and we also have Sky TV because my wife likes the service. Disregarding the Sky TV subscription, one sim only contract and the Broadband price combined comes to around £32 a month, next to my Gas and Electricity Bill our Telecom bill is insignificant and hardly worth bothering about.
We are quite heavy data users, regularly streaming content via Sky Go, Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube, so the Broadband is an essential service for our entertainment as well as more serious uses like finding information and online banking, etc.
The only ones who appear to be moaning about the Telecom mid contract price rises are the media, why is that?
Fleccy I agree with you on that one.
The media are fixated on the % increase which equates to about two quid more a month
It’s not just Vodafone it’s all of them, I’m with EE and my contract has just ended but when I took it out two years ago my sim only deal was for £25 and now I pay nearly £30.
What is the point of a contract when it’s only the provider that can change things? Surely if they change the contract pricing a customer can be free to move to another provider without fear of paying off the contract term?
I actually won’t move from EE as even at £30 my contract is pretty good.
"It’s not just Vodafone it’s all of them, I’m with EE and my contract has just ended but when I took it out two years ago my sim only deal was for £25 and now I pay nearly £30."
Steve I'm with EE on sim only, unlimited calls and 3Gb data for £6 a month, are you on an unlimited data package?
Fleccy that's very cheap. how did you manage to get such a good deal, i pay more than that with Tesco and only 500mb data
Sky, £7, 2gb that you can save and roll. Never use it up as always on wifi somewhere.
Sky use the VOD network, so you can desert without being a total traitor.
Hi Rob, it was the price I was offered when I moved over from Plusnet, due to them closing down their Mobile business. Even though Plusnet is owned by BT I still had to set up a new contract and transfer my number using a PAC code.
Cheers Fleccy and Mole, i will have to do a bit of research and see if i can get a better deal, as i'm always having to top up my data, if you don't ask you don't get, same with insurance
Fleccy I pay for unlimited minutes and txts plus free picture messages and160gig data which is stupidly hard to use as the most I can use is about 80gig and I get Apple music so Im pretty happy with my contract