SIGNAL SNUB: Millions in Great Briton face mobile data RATIONING and surge pricing as ministers leave phone firms battered by soaring energy costs BRITAIN AT RISK OF MOBILE SIGNAL RATIONING: mobile phone users face being plunged into a digital dark age with rationed data and surge pricing at peak times. UK SUN: Some of Britain’s biggest networks have warned they may be forced to throttled speeds and hike costs after being frozen out of a massive Government energy relief scheme. Chancellor Rachel Reeves snubbed the telecoms sector in the latest extension of the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme (BICS), leaving firms to face the full force of energy prices driven sky-high by the war in Iran. The multi-billion pound scheme acts as a taxpayer-funded lifeline to stop 10,000 energy-hungry businesses from going bust by giving them a 25 per cent discount on their electricity bills. However, telecoms giants including VodafoneThree, Virgin Media O2 and BT-owned EE have been left to rot despite consuming just under one terawatt-hour of electricity each year. That is enough juice to power 370,000 homes.... thesun.co.uk/money/38897578/… FILED UNDER: #MobileDataRationing, #SurgePricing, #UKMobileCrisis, #SignalSnub, #BritainAtRisk, #MobileRationing, #DigitalDarkAge, #EnergyCostsUK, #RachelReeves, #ReevesSnub, #TelecomsCrisis, #VodafoneThree, #VirginMediaO2, #EnergyReliefSnub, #BICS, #IndustrialCompetitiveness, #SoaringEnergyPrices, #WarInIran, #ThrottledSpeeds, #DataRationing, #MobileBlackout, #UKTelecoms, #PhoneFirmsBattered, #GreatBritainMobile, #SignalRationing, #MobileUsersUK, #EnergyCrisisUK, #TelecomEnergy, #TaxpayerLifeline, #BusinessEnergyDiscount, #BritainEnergy, #DigitalAgeThreat, #UKGovSnub, #MobileHike, #PeakTimePricing, #TerawattHour, #EnergyHungry, #PhoneNetworksWarning, #LabourEnergy, #UKNews, #TheSun, #MobileSignalCrisis, #5GUK, #BroadbandRationing, #InternetRationing, #BritainDigital, #TelecomsLeftOut, #EnergyBillsUK