Lixxus in Pay-as-you-go broadband service for light users

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Lixxus, a new entrant to the UK telecoms market, launched a broadband service this week that only charges users for the bandwidth they use.

The 512Kbps Lixxus product does not include a monthly subscription. Instead, the company charges by the amount of data downloaded, a tariff structure that should benefit light users who only download 1GB of data or less a month.

Customers are charged 5p (E0.07) + VAT per megabyte for the first 300MB. Above this £15 point, they are charged 0.225p + VAT for each additional megabyte, up to a maximum bill of £25 + VAT (£29 including VAT) per month.

A retail price of £29 per month puts Lixxus' product at the top end of the UK market, where unlimited access consumer broadband packages currently cost around £25 per month.

According to Joe Kelly, MD of Lixxus, the package offers real value for those who want to use broadband intermittently or irregularly. "We're offering entry level customers a value for money product, and one where they can still do a lot online for £29 a month." Kelly also said that Lixxus would launch a business-grade product in the next couple of weeks.