One bill improves customer experience

Sure’s billing system is being streamlined to accommodate islanders’ changing habits. 
The telecoms company has completed moving all billing payments from quarterly to monthly and customers have begun receiving their fixed line and broadband bills on a single statement.
James McEwan, head of billing at Sure, said that merging bills and making them monthly will benefit all customers.  
“With both bills on one statement it will be easier for our customers to monitor their monthly outgoings.  Fixed line bills will no-longer have to be paid three months in advance and customers will simply pay for one month of rental, plus the call costs for the previous month. 
“We are also extremely committed to the environment and embrace any scheme that reduces the amount of paper that we use.  We already provide online billing for our Jersey and Isle of Man customers and plan to introduce that in Guernsey very soon,” he said. 
Customers will continue to receive a 50p discount for choosing to pay their single bill by direct debit.
“The 50p discount was introduced many years ago to incentivise land line customers to move away from paying by cash or cheque. The majority of our customers now pay their bills by direct debit because it removes the need to write out a cheque and provides peace of mind that bills will always be paid on time. For the moment we will continue to offer a 50p discount for those paying their bill by direct debit,” he said
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