Wasn't the Vodafone Three Partnership supposed to make things cheaper.?

[Enlli]

Vodafone and Three UK to Increase Mid-Contract Price Hikes on Broadband and Mobile UPD

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/11/vodafone-uk-increases-mid-contract-price-hikes-on-broa...

[jonsie]

This was always going to happen once O2 made their intentions clear - fleece the customer

Stand by for EE announcing the same  within a few days

[madasaf1sh]

And yet o2 took all the flack rightly, but they have all done near enough the same.. 

People really need to wake up and look at the Virtual Operators, so much more value

[Enlli]

The difference with O2 (up to now) is they are not applying them to existing customers.

The only difference I see with most Virtual Networks is the lack of 5G SA.

I got Voxi in 2019. £10 for 20GB then. I'm still with them at £10 but for 60GB. 

Hope it lasts a bit longer

[jonsie]

The merger certainly hasn't had the promised effect on competition

Just as we all feared, these mergers cut the competition and customers on a three year contract will be paying around £7/month more in the final year

Networks will no doubt be raising increases year on year unless Ofcom step in and clamp down on this farcical situation

At the moment they are a toothless organisation