SFR: bad news for some Red subscribers

The RED packages, which SFR was praised for their at low prices offer, may no longer really be so advantageous.The prices of some of these subscriptions have already experienced, in January 2020, an increase of three euros, more or less hidden through a "cybersecurity" option, then again in September, with an increase in the price of almost 80% inExchange of 10 GB of additional Internet, reports the Phonandroid site.This Monday, December 7, rebelote.Several subscribers have received emails indicating that their mobile package would again experience an increase of three euros.

The reason for this new increase?The revision of certain packages, which will have several additional internet gigabytes.Only problem: the impossibility for customers to stay on their previous offer, as explained by the UniversFreebox site.Thus, the basic package at five euros per month increases to eight euros monthly for 20GB, an increase of 60%.The other package concerned goes from 10 to 13 euros per month in exchange for 50 gigas of the Internet.

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Take it or leave it

The increase is expected to be applied next month.According to UniversFreebox, several subscribers tried to contact the operator through their mobile application or after-sales service, without winning.The only solution to refuse this tariff increase therefore remains to terminate its subscription.

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This increase is however legal, provided that the new options concern services related to telecoms, such as an offer increasing the volume of data or calls/SMS usable, and that the operator prevents its users a month at theAdvance, which is the case here for SFR.