BT has hit back at yesterdays moan by rival broadband ISP TalkTalk, in which the operator was attacked over its use of rolling contracts (here). TalkTalk warned that, unless a BT customer notified the operator of their intent to leave, they would automatically be signed up to another lengthy new contract.

BT has since denied that such contracts are a bad thing and instead claims them to be "a clear [AND] positive choice". The operator notes how the renewable nature of its contracts are clearly explained three times up front to the customer:


BT certainly has a point because their website does indeed make several relatively clear mentions of a "12 month renewable contract", which is then explained in the small print further down that same page:


This is not to say that rolling contracts aren't still a "sharp practice", but we'd be very surprised if TalkTalk's move to have them stamped out via Ofcom actually succeeded.