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13/03/2014
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About 70 % of all households prefer to hire telecommunications services separately , although they become more expensive than those made jointly , the so-called combo plans - grouped into a single contract . This is one of the conclusions reached by the study System of Indicators of Social Perception : Telecommunications Services , released today ( 13 ) by the Institute of Applied Economic Research ( IPEA ) , done in 3,810 municipalities in the country .
According to the study , access to cable TV is among telecommunications services surveyed , the highest- rated and through which the combo plans have been known .
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In 15.5 % of the households surveyed , nobody used phone celularMarcello Casal Jr . / Brazil Agency
Another conclusion of the study is that - contrary to indicate the figures produced by cellular operators , there are more lines than people in the country - 15.5% of them wore no cell phone . For this reason , the IPEA suggests further studies on the subject .
According to the survey , mobile telephony had the worst rating among the services analyzed . The research also shows that people who use cell does not know the main rules of the contracted services , and suggests that most of the complaints registered has as origin the lack of transparency in the relationship between companies and users .
The second worst rating refers to broadband Internet - " intensively " used by two thirds of the people surveyed . The study confirms what is already perceived in the industry : there are " strong regional disparities in service use , especially when compared with Southeast and South North and Northeast ."
Moreover , according to the institute , is increasing the proportion of households without a fixed telephone ( 45.6 % ) , indicating that the cell phone has replaced landlines . This is the perception of 59.4 % of respondents .
Source : Brazil Agency
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