- it will now cost £160 a year (in line rental)
Orange has angered customers by withdrawing the free broadband perk some get on monthly mobile contracts. The phone firm claims that the broadband service would remain free, but that is only on the condition that customers sign up for its line rental, costing £11.50 for the first three months, and then £14 a month thereafter - a total of £160.50 a year. An Orange spokesman said that it had made the change because it was a 'time limited offer' which was given to pay monthly mobile customers who signed up between October 2006 and the end of 2009.....Read more here: Orange axes free broadband for mobile customers