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Originally Posted by warrenb
it is the classic ploy used by rail firms all around the country, they raise the little used or not used at all products and packages by 0.1% say, this brings the average tumbling for all packages.
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Agreed, I think it's zero rises on things like phone calls, 1471, 1571 etc that enable the average to be so low.
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Originally Posted by warrenb
and as for the line rental, just pure greed, they should install IP phones instead of landlines these days.
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I agree that the landline price rise is a rip-off. However, that cost doesn't disappear if you don't use your phone. It would be more appropriate to include it in the cost of broadband but no one's going to do that; in fact the trend at the moment from ADSL providers seems to be to whack up the cost of the landline to keep the headline broadband offers looking very cheap.
I get the impression that on this occasion, the price rises are really making people think. Previous comments on price rises have been along the lines it's only a few quid a month, I can afford it, look at all the new channels we have (forgetting to multiply that rise by 12 months or several years) but this time around I detect a more rebellious approach kicking in. Are people not swayed by the exclusive offering of ITV Be in HD?
