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    BurnsCarpenter
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭BurnsCarpenter


    Ofcom also reduced the maximum cancellation penalties that can be applied, a few months back.

    It's something like 5 or 6 pounds a month now instead of companies being allowed to charge the full monthly rate for each remaining month of the contract.

    Absolutely crazy that this is still permitted here.


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    bealtine
    Registered Users Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭bealtine


    BurnsCarpenter wrote: »
    Ofcom also reduced the maximum cancellation penalties that can be applied, a few months back.



    Absolutely crazy that this is still permitted here.

    This is because Comreg simply don't care


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    smellslikeshoes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭smellslikeshoes


    These sort of small things should be priority number 1 for the new communications minister. I firmly believe that sorting out seemingly small issues like this will have a big effect in the long run and make the tougher obstacles easier to overcome.
    Ban automatically renewing contracts and large cancellation fees, ban the ridiculous "unlimited" products that aren't actually unlimited, make the advertising of broadband speed more transparent and come down hard on dubious "upto" claims.

    These few changes wouldn't be hard or expensive to make but they will force service providers to compete fairly.


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