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Why broadband and phone bill crackdown may actually cost you more
Broadband and mobile phone firms will no longer be able to put up bills in line with inflation each year — but this may not be good news. The telecoms regulator Ofcom says that from January 17 customers taking out new contracts must be told in pounds and …