From new rates for Ziggo customers will come into effect on 1 July. Many internet subscriptions have become more expensive. “Unfortunately, this is unavoidable now that we are confronted with considerably higher costs for, for example, network equipment and energy,” says the provider.
The price increase is on average 3.5 percent. “Despite the fact that the costs of products and services are rising sharply everywhere in the Netherlands, we have kept this rate change as limited as possible,” says Ziggo.
Differences between subscriptions
The largest price increases are for subscriptions with a combination of internet, interactive TV and fixed calling. For example, the Start package of those subscriptions will be 3.50 euros more expensive. The price increases are less significant for subscriptions with only internet, or a combination of internet and TV.
The Giga subscription with a maximum of 1 Gbit/s download speed is actually cheaper. With the most expensive version of that package, the price drop is 3.50 euros per month.
Data usage has risen sharply
According to Ziggo, the price increases are partly necessary to be able to continue investing in the network. The company points out that data usage on its network has increased significantly in recent years. “In two years, fixed data usage has grown by more than 60 percent.”
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New conditions
Ziggo has now also included in its new conditions that the company has the right to raise prices annually to a percentage that is equal to the consumer price index of Statistics Netherlands. If that percentage is negative, the prices remain the same. The new conditions will come into effect for current customers on July 1.
Internet speed
Ziggo recently announced a increase internet speeds for some subscriptions. Such an increase in speed was also followed a few weeks later by higher rates in previous years.
Competitor KPN recently announced also price increases† At KPN, it was an average of 1.90 euros more per month. That company also pointed to higher costs due to inflation and the sharp rise in data use.
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