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One week to go: April price rises to hit up to 36 million mobile and 11 million broadband customers

With just seven working days left to go until around 11 million broadband and 36 million mobile customers experience an inflation-linked price increase in April, Uswitch.com urges Brits to check their contract to see if they can avoid the upcoming price increases...

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Uswitch pens open letter to broadband providers as double industry delay hinders up to £1.43 billion in customer savings

Uswitch, the comparison and switching service, has today published an open letter to the big four broadband providers as a full page in a national newspaper, calling for an end to delays for a long-awaited switching process called One Touch Switch...

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Uswitch responds to TOTSCO new go live date

Ernest Doku, telecoms expert at Uswitch.com comments: “While we welcome the announcement of a new date, this is now the third target date that has been set for One Touch Switch to go live. It’s crucial that the industry sticks to this new date without any further delays...

Millions of out of contract broadband and mobile customers could beat April price hikes

Around 11 million broadband and 36 million mobile customers will experience an inflation linked price increase in April, but many can take action now to skip this year's price rises, according to Uswitch.com...

Uswitch responds to VMO2 planning a new competitor to Openreach

Richard Neudegg, director of regulation at Uswitch.com responds to today’s report of VMO2 planning a new competitor to Openreach: “A large-scale wholesale competitor for Openreach could shake up the market, potentially giving more options...

RPI announcement lands Virgin Media and O2 customers with 8.8% bill increase

Richard Neudegg, Director of Regulation at Uswitch.com comments: “Virgin Media and O2 customers have woken to an early alarm call of an 8.8% price increase affecting their TV, broadband and mobile bills from April...

Plusnet, Tesco Mobile and Community Fibre win providers of the year in Uswitch Telecoms Awards 2024

Plusnet has landed Broadband Provider of the Year, with Tesco Mobile scooping Network of the Year in the Uswitch Telecoms Awards 2024, following a survey of more than 24,000...

Renters’ rights: broadband exit fees cost renters £290m

Nearly half of UK renters (47%) wish broadband contracts were better suited to their needs, according to a new study by Uswitch.com. Just over 4.6 million households live in the private rented sector in England, representing 19% of all households...

Uswitch responds to January’s consumer price index (CPI)

“As the majority of broadband and mobile providers base their annual price rises on December’s inflation rate plus an additional 3.9%, today’s figures show that UK consumers will likely pay out an estimated total of £85.5 million...

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