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Originally Posted by denphone
But many do Dave....
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And several posters said competition was going to keep prices down....
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Trouble is, we've not really got competition in the consumer marketplace yet, just competition for sports rights. That being said, BT's entry has helped in one way ie that Sky is offering discounted/freee broadband to its Sky Sports subscribers. For a lot of people, the cost of the alternative sports provider fell to £0 when BT took over from ESPN.
Trouble is, we've not really got much consumer marketplace competition as BT are not allowed to sell Sky Sports on YouView, TalkTalk is not interested in HD and VM only covers half the country!
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Sorry?
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Looks to me like the rises are to pay for the 'free' broadband.
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
If true, they can justify it because people are willing to pay for it. Why charge less if the same or a similar number of people will pay more? Why would you take a lower salary for the same job if your employer was willing to pay you more?
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Agreed. Whilst people are daft enough to pay it, Sky will be daft enough to charge it.