;Resize=(1200,627)&impolicy=perceptual&quality=medium&hash=eb37d322d001da00628e577cc6bcab39a160698caeff580a446f26bfc01471bb "As the first provider – Vodafone increases prices for DSL and cable tariffs for existing customers")
As the first provider: Vodafone increases prices for DSL and cable tariffs for existing customers
Vodafone is increasing the prices for some older DSL and cable landline tariffs. According to the comparison portal Verivox, the competition could soon follow suit.
A report by According to Verivox, Vodafone is the first Internet provider in Germany to increase prices for existing customers. According to this, the first customers are currently being informed by letter about the higher costs for the Internet contracts. According to the report, the prices will increase by five euros each.
Older DSL and cable landline tariffs are probably the most affected. This also includes the gigabit tariff “GigaCable Max”. In the meantime, Vodafone has also confirmed the price increases to Verivox.
According to Jens-Uwe Theumer from Verivox, the development does not come as a surprise: “Vodafone is also faced with increased network expansion costs and high inflation”. According to Theumer, other providers could soon join.
Vodafone raises prices: will the competition soon follow suit?
According to Verivox, the price increases at Vodafone will apply six weeks after receipt of the customer information at the beginning of the new calculation cycle. Affected customers can assert a special right of termination.
The Verivox report shows that Vodafone, like Telefónica O2 and PŸUR, will increase the prices for some tariffs by five euros as early as November 2022. At that time, however, almost exclusively new customers were affected.
1&1 had also increased the prices for new customers. Telekom, on the other hand, initially only reduced the discounts for new customers.
The original of this article “Vodafone increases prices for DSL and cable tariffs for existing customers” comes from chip.de.
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