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A consumer champion has warned that broadband customers could end up paying £150 more than they expected due to mid-contract price rises.
Which? has called on industry regulator Ofcom to ban the whole practice after it found that BT, EE, Plusnet, Shell Energy, TalkTalk, and Vodafone customers could be subjected to increases of more than 8 per cent on average in 2024. Additionally, it claims that Virgin Media customers could see rises of more than 10 per cent, based on analysis of Bank of England inflation forecasts.
Many large broadband firms such as BT, EE, Plusnet, Shell Energy, TalkTalk, Virgin Media, and Vodafone raise prices every April in-line with the Consumer Price Index or the Retail Price Indec plus 3%, 3.7% or 3.9%. Based on average contract amounts from a Which? survey, Virgin Media, BT and EE customers could see the biggest annual increases of £50.52, £43.68 and £43.68 respectively in the year from April 2024, the watchdog calculated.
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Based on average amounts from the Which? 2023 broadband survey, BT and EE customers who took out a contract in January 2023 could see some of the highest average price hikes of £147.43 and £147.31, while Vodafone and Plusnet customers could see rises of £122.38 and £117.87 respectively.
TalkTalk customers could see a smaller hike of £76.09 on average over the course of shorter 18-month contracts. Shell Energy Broadband did not apply its 2023 inflation-linked price hikes of 12.5% to customers who joined from January to March 2023.
Rocio Concha, Which? director of policy and
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