{"id":7421,"date":"2014-08-15T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=7421"},"modified":"2014-08-15T10:00:20","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T09:00:20","slug":"ees-uk-customer-service-solution-50p-jump-phone-queue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ees-uk-customer-service-solution-50p-jump-phone-queue.html","title":{"rendered":"EE&#8217;s UK Customer Service Solution &#8211; 50p to Jump the Phone Queue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some operators seem to have a knack for finding new ways of annoying their customers. As a case in point, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> has decided that broadband and mobile customers who call their support line will be offered the ability to jump in front of the queue for an additional one-off fee of 50 pence.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Until recently most customers who called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a>&#8217;s support line would have done so without charge, although some still had to pay a standard call fee (depending upon the number dialled and whether it was from a home phone or mobile), but all would have been treated equally. The new <strong>50p<\/strong> &#8220;<em>priority<\/em>&#8221; fee changes that.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-28790807\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a> points out, customers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> aren&#8217;t terribly happy about the move and some understandably fear it suggests that the operator might not be trying hard enough to answer non-prioritised calls or that the queue for everybody else will simply take longer to clear. Indeed if a batch of new callers all jumped the queue at once then we could imagine the situation becoming quite annoying for those left on hold.<\/p>\n<p>All of this at a time when, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s data for Q1-2014, EE remain the most complained about provider for both mobile and home broadband services (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/06\/ofcom-reports-sharp-rise-ee-home-broadband-complaints-q1-2014.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). In fairness they have been improving, but this latest adjustment could potentially generate more complaints from customers who simply give up trying to get through. But so far the system hasn&#8217;t been live long enough to measure its true impact.<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side operators are facing mounting pressures from the threat of higher licence fees for their radio spectrum (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s demand that calls made to 0800, 0808 and 116 numbers are FREE from mobiles as well as fixed phone lines (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/12\/ofcom-makes-uk-calls-0800-116-numbers-free.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). Not to mention Europe&#8217;s ever growing moves to wipe out roaming fees. So, at the same time as revenues are being hit, operators are also being asked to improve. Difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some operators seem to have a knack for finding new ways of annoying their customers. 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