Tim, mass increases on fixed internet from August 1 – The Republic

NOW also home prices rise Internet, DSL or fiber optics. Tim has just announced that, from 1 August will increase the fee of five tenders (total 10 profiles), even for current subscribers. The site speaks of “change in subscription fee”, a euphemism marketing to say the price increases, as evident from the table published by the same operator. What, we asked, he only reiterated that it is a repricing , not considering it appropriate to add other items.

We see that the picture of price increases is complex. Depend not only by the offer but also by the price we were paying. The same offer has indeed different fees, depending on the time in which the user subscribes. In any case are increases from one to three Euros per month. Not some penny, in fact. Internet users Without Limits, for example, they all turn to EUR 39.90 per month. Except for the lucky ones who paid the € 24.9: will go to 25.90. More moderate increases Tim Smart: 90 cents (from 29). A euro increase for all Internet and fiber, which rose to 45.90. Everything Without Limits comes to 44,90 euro per month, from 43.21 EUR per month. It also increases the modem rental cost, a euro, 4.90 euro per month (who had in free loan, however, continue to not pay it). Given the current price of the modem (or router) DSL, is less and less sense to take him on loan by the operator.
See the table

These price increases they are legitimate, under the current rules, which give users the right to make a free return: within the end of July, in this case. In short, we save the costs of cancellation. You can ask the online posting or an operator change. All this, at least, until the AGCOM (Authority Communications) will not put into practice the announced promise to make Internet universal service, with a maximum price imposed on operators. Only then there will be an arbitrary ceiling of price increases (provided that any AGCOM rules do not conflict with European law, look at the time to be verified).

A few regulatory intervention would be desirable, given that in recent years there is a mass increases flood. Usual they regarded the network fees fixed or mobile rates, though. Much less common than the massive price increases – even on existing subscribers – for Internet fixed-line: here the peculiarity of Tim’s move, which could take the lead with other operators so far have been limited to increases other more indirect, see the passage in prices of basic weekly from April paintings on ADSL Vodafone and Wind from September 1.

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