New calls to ‘ban the loyalty tax’ on broadband contracts for existing customers

dailyrecord.co.uk:

More than 56,000 people have signed a new petition on Change.org calling for Ofcom to ‘Ban the Loyalty Tax’ on broadband contracts for existing customers and end the ‘contract-end price hikes’.

Petition creator Richard Winstone is urging the telecommunications regulator to implement stricter rules on broadband providers who overcharge existing customers.

The campaigner wants to see a policy put in place similar to Ofgem rules in the energy sector which ensure that all offers are accessible to new and existing customers.

The petition also calls for capping any price increases at the end of contracts to a maximum of 30 per cent of the current contract price.Mr Winstone launched the petition earlier this month after noticing his pensioner father was being charged nearly triple the costs of a new customer on the same bundle package for TV, phone and broadband.