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Communications services providers will no longer be able to shackle broadband and landline customers to restrictive rollover contracts from December this year, Ofcom has confirmed.

The contracts, also known as Automatically Renewable Contracts (ARCs), roll forward to a new minimum contract period - with penalties for leaving early - unless the customer actively opts out of the renewal.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...contracts.html