Letters: Upgrading to fibre in France was unnecessarily infuriating
Connexion reader had to pay a €50 fee to cancel previous contract, despite staying with the same operator
Reader says he was told to cancel his contract with Orange by a representative from the company
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To the Editor,
I have been a customer of Orange for 10 years (Wi-fi and phone).
Last month someone from Orange turned up on my doorstep to say that the fibre optic connection was now available. He made out that I had no choice but to switch to it (though I do not actually have an issue with this as I am happy to upgrade).
I signed a new contract there and then and he told me to call a particular number to cancel the old contract before the new one came into force.
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That seemed very strange as you would have thought they would automatically do this for you.
Anyway, I called the number and was told I would be charged €50 to cancel my old contract!
This is quite disgusting behaviour.
I wonder if anyone else had a similar experience?
Clive Martyr, by email
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