Driven by shortened promotions, the average monthly price of an Internet subscription is increasing in France. For example, the prices charged by the operator Red by SFR for its fiber optic box offers jumped by 21.7%. If the price of your Internet box package rises too significantly, you can change operator, hunt for the best promotions or check the usefulness of each option offered.
What is happening in the Internet box markets? Never since the arrival of Free and its attractive prices have prices been as high as at the end of the year. Bad news at a time when everything is increasing for households. Thus, the average monthly cost of an entry-level fiber box is 31.18 euros in October 2023, according to the Ariase barometer. This new average price represents an increase of 4.2% over one month and 15.6% over one year, analyze the authors. This sudden increase finds its origin in the shortening of the promotional period for Orange and Sosh fiber subscriptions. Since October 5, Livebox offers are offered with a reduced promotional period of 6 months compared to 12 usually.
But the former France telecom is not alone. Over the past year, the prices charged by the operator Red by SFR for its fiber optic box offers have jumped by 21.7%, an annual increase of 60 euros on average, excluding promotions according to a study published by the site zoneadsl.comspecialist in comparing telecom operators.
Operators are suffering from rising costs
According to the same source, all operators combined, the general increase is 3.5% when Free’s fiber optic packages have not increased. A figure higher than the estimate published by the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications, Posts and Press Distribution (Arcep). The organization is counting on a average increase of 2%, but insists that this is a first in 10 years. According to the telecoms regulator, the average bill for users of these services amounts to an average of 34.5 euros excluding taxes per month.
Like many companies, we are suffering from the rise in our costs: whether for logistics, transport, semiconductors but also energy, the rise in costs of which has a direct impact on the operation of telecom infrastructures, explains Bouygues at Parisian.
Change supplier
If the price of your Internet box package increases too significantlyyou can change operator, hunt for the best promotions or check the usefulness of each option offered. You will only be asked for the operator identity statement (RIO). It can be found in your personal online space and/or on your invoices or by dialing the special number 3179. Thanks to this 12 character number, you can change it as you wish… if you are not committed to a long contract hard.
Good news in the landscape, concerning mobile telephony, the average monthly cost of a mobile plan with unlimited calls and at least 10 GB of mobile data amounts to 17.05 euros this month, or 63 cents more than last year. month of September, according to Ariase. This average price is down 7.8% over one year.