Cable Forum - View Single Post - Virgin Media urges Sky to raise broadband prices

Chad · 03-02-2015, 22:31

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...nd-prices.html

"Cable operator Virgin Media has risked a regulatory backlash by urging rivals to raise their broadband prices, arguing that consumers and businesses should pay more to fund investment in Britain’s internet infrastructure."

Dana Strong said: ": “I find it completely paradoxical and ironic that this is the sector where we’re promoting and advertising the notion of free broadband access. It’s creating an impression in our consumers’ minds, in businesses and government that broadband should be free."

"Virgin Media’s call for broadband prices to increase risks provoking the regulator, Ofcom, which touts the intense rivalry in the broadband market and reduction in prices in recent years as one its major successes. According to Ofcom figures, the average price of a broadband package was cut by nearly half between 2004 and 2012, partly as a result of regulatory intervention such as forcing BT to allow rivals to control its lines into homes and businesses."

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Chad Inactive Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Edinburgh Services: SKY Family, SKY Broadband Unlimited, YouView, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Boxnation Posts: 5,137	Virgin Media urges Sky to raise broadband prices http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...nd-prices.html "Cable operator Virgin Media has risked a regulatory backlash by urging rivals to raise their broadband prices, arguing that consumers and businesses should pay more to fund investment in Britain’s internet infrastructure." Dana Strong said: ": “I find it completely paradoxical and ironic that this is the sector where we’re promoting and advertising the notion of free broadband access. It’s creating an impression in our consumers’ minds, in businesses and government that broadband should be free." "Virgin Media’s call for broadband prices to increase risks provoking the regulator, Ofcom, which touts the intense rivalry in the broadband market and reduction in prices in recent years as one its major successes. According to Ofcom figures, the average price of a broadband package was cut by nearly half between 2004 and 2012, partly as a result of regulatory intervention such as forcing BT to allow rivals to control its lines into homes and businesses."