{"id":3442,"date":"2016-05-05T16:56:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T08:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/05\/optus-pricing-for-the-english-premier-league-has-australian-fans-seeing-red\/"},"modified":"2016-05-05T16:56:55","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T08:56:55","slug":"optus-pricing-for-the-english-premier-league-has-australian-fans-seeing-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/05\/optus-pricing-for-the-english-premier-league-has-australian-fans-seeing-red\/","title":{"rendered":"Optus' pricing for the English Premier League has Australian fans seeing red"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Optus’ pricing to watch the English Premier League (EPL) has really ticked off Australian fans.<\/p>\n

The telecommunications provider released its pricing plans on Wednesday<\/a>, kicking many non-Optus customers off the park.<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: See beloved Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri’s most charming moments this season<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Fans are mad about having to become mobile or broadband customers of Optus if they want to watch the EPL, locked into 24-month contracts that are more expensive than previous Foxtel pricing. Cue the outrage on Twitter:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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If non-Optus fans want to pay the least for EPL action, the cheapest plan available is a A$40 (US$29) mobile plan, plus A$15 (US$11) on top for EPL. That’s a minimum of A$55 (US$41) a month just for streaming the EPL on a phone or on a computer, costing A$1,320 (US$989) over a 24-month contract.<\/span> Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Optus’ pricing to watch the English Premier League (EPL) has really ticked off Australian fans. The telecommunications provider released its pricing plans on Wednesday, kicking many non-Optus customers off the park. SEE ALSO: See beloved Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri’s … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[728,2690,740,725],"class_list":["post-3442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-australia","tag-optus","tag-sports","tag-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}