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Geekz Snow 2019-08-08
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According to Ofcom, speeds of 24Mbps are currently available to 94 per cent of premises.

Yet only 45 per cent have signed up, sticking with their poxy standard ADSL packages of around 11-12Mbps.

A survey of 3,000 customers by Which?

So if people can't be arsed to upgrade from creaking ADSL services to the much-derided "superfast" fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) speeds, why on earth are they going to bother with the far more expensive full-fibre speeds?

What I got, well... s'alright...

Dario Talmesio, who leads analyst Ovum's fixed and mobile European telecoms team, said: "Being able to watch Netflix at home seems to be everyone's go-to comparison, and yet the recommendation for that is just 5Mbps for HD."

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Geekz Snow 2019-08-09
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National roaming still not a thing

according to research by consumer charity Which?

An analysis of 650 areas found the worst affected spots were rural Scotland and Wales.

The most poorly served city-based constituencies were Rochford and Southend East in Essex, South West Devon, and Romsey and Southampton North in Hampshire.

Each of these constituencies had less than 80 per cent coverage with all four operators.

did not provide any more detail about the research or reveal its methodology, although said it was based on an analysis of Ofcom data.

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Jumma Hp 2020-08-28
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Mobile customers are being "ripped off" by operators who continue to charge them the full price of their contracts even when they have paid off the cost of their phone, says Which?

Some are potentially overpaying by more than £400 a year, according to the consumer watchdog.

Last year Ofcom asked operators to reduce prices to out-of-contract customers from February this year.

Operators, however, said they were offering customers plenty of choices.Many customers choose to get a new smartphone through a monthly bill contract, effectively paying off most of its cost over a year or two.

'Worst offenders'According to Which, the worst-affected were customers of Three, where about four in 10 customers whose contracts ended in the last six months claimed they saw no price drop.

Two in five EE customers and three in 10 Vodafone users said the same.On the other hand, O2, Tesco Mobile, and Virgin Mobile told customers that when their contracts ended their bills would reduce to the best available air time deal.Examples are given by Which?

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Geekz Snow 2019-08-08
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According to Ofcom, speeds of 24Mbps are currently available to 94 per cent of premises.

Yet only 45 per cent have signed up, sticking with their poxy standard ADSL packages of around 11-12Mbps.

A survey of 3,000 customers by Which?

So if people can't be arsed to upgrade from creaking ADSL services to the much-derided "superfast" fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) speeds, why on earth are they going to bother with the far more expensive full-fibre speeds?

What I got, well... s'alright...

Dario Talmesio, who leads analyst Ovum's fixed and mobile European telecoms team, said: "Being able to watch Netflix at home seems to be everyone's go-to comparison, and yet the recommendation for that is just 5Mbps for HD."

Jumma Hp 2020-08-28
img

Mobile customers are being "ripped off" by operators who continue to charge them the full price of their contracts even when they have paid off the cost of their phone, says Which?

Some are potentially overpaying by more than £400 a year, according to the consumer watchdog.

Last year Ofcom asked operators to reduce prices to out-of-contract customers from February this year.

Operators, however, said they were offering customers plenty of choices.Many customers choose to get a new smartphone through a monthly bill contract, effectively paying off most of its cost over a year or two.

'Worst offenders'According to Which, the worst-affected were customers of Three, where about four in 10 customers whose contracts ended in the last six months claimed they saw no price drop.

Two in five EE customers and three in 10 Vodafone users said the same.On the other hand, O2, Tesco Mobile, and Virgin Mobile told customers that when their contracts ended their bills would reduce to the best available air time deal.Examples are given by Which?

Geekz Snow 2019-08-09
img

National roaming still not a thing

according to research by consumer charity Which?

An analysis of 650 areas found the worst affected spots were rural Scotland and Wales.

The most poorly served city-based constituencies were Rochford and Southend East in Essex, South West Devon, and Romsey and Southampton North in Hampshire.

Each of these constituencies had less than 80 per cent coverage with all four operators.

did not provide any more detail about the research or reveal its methodology, although said it was based on an analysis of Ofcom data.