I don't know where all this 18 month contract is coming from, are companies getting so desperate to keep customers that they are need to hold them to a long contract?

I have been looking around mobile pjhones and was thinking of getting a contract, I looked at 3, but they want to try me into a 18 month contract, no way, will I do that, o2 will pout me on a monthly one, but I need to supply my own phone which is not difficult.

First it was mobile phone service providers, now it is ISp's, what is going to be next. Gas, electric, normal phone?

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I don't know where all this 18 month contract is coming from, are companies getting so desperate to keep customers that they are need to hold them to a long contract?

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Agreed.

I will stick with monthly contracts or 3 monthly contracts at most, at least until they are no longer offered and only 12 and 18 month contracts are on offer perish the thought