Time for the broadband chat

Find out how much your family is paying for broadband, because it’s probably too much

Barry Collins is sorry he didn’t look out for Colin as much as Colin looked out for him. Email barry@mediabc.co.uk @bazzacollins “Can you get Baz to have a look at mum’s broadband connection? She seems to be paying £70 a month for it.” So comes the request from my brother-in-law, who’s been going through his mum’s finances after the death of my father-in-law. Seventy quid a month? She can’t be. That bog-standard 30Mbits/sec connection that the kids complain about every time we visit? Even BT wouldn’t have the brass neck to charge £70 for that. A recent press release from Broadband Deals claims the UK’s average monthly broadband package costs £26.90, and their connection is very average. There must be some mistake. It turns out the only mistake was mine, for not checking how…

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