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When Fredrik Törnqvist, CEO at Stångåstaden was interviewed by ''Corren'', he claimed that the reason for the legal threats was that the mail from Bahnhof to their customers made it seem like Stångåstaden was doing something illegal. After some pressure, Fredrik conceded that the fees could be seen as a form of a hidden rent, since this net rent is a big deal of the companies economy and thanks to it they did not need to increase the advertised rent. He then fell back on the claim that Stångåstaden did nothing illegal. <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-05-07 |work=Corren|title=Stångåstaden byter fiberbolag – avgift för bredband höjs|first=Åke|last=Alvin|url=https://www.corren.se/nyheter/linkoping/artikel/hard-kritik-mot-stangastaden-efter-hojda-avgiften-forjavligt/rk3nm0zl}}</ref> | When Fredrik Törnqvist, CEO at Stångåstaden was interviewed by ''Corren'', he claimed that the reason for the legal threats was that the mail from Bahnhof to their customers made it seem like Stångåstaden was doing something illegal. After some pressure, Fredrik conceded that the fees could be seen as a form of a hidden rent, since this net rent is a big deal of the companies economy and thanks to it they did not need to increase the advertised rent. He then fell back on the claim that Stångåstaden did nothing illegal. <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-05-07 |work=Corren|title=Stångåstaden byter fiberbolag – avgift för bredband höjs|first=Åke|last=Alvin|url=https://www.corren.se/nyheter/linkoping/artikel/hard-kritik-mot-stangastaden-efter-hojda-avgiften-forjavligt/rk3nm0zl}}</ref> | ||
==Fallout== | ==Fallout== | ||
According to the Tenant`s association, tenants in public housings in Sweden pay much higher price for the Internet compared to home owners.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-12-16 |title=The Tennant`s association |url=https://www.hyresgastforeningen.se/fortroendevald/maries-kronikor/2024/hyresgasternas-bredband-en-dyr-historia/}}</ref> This indicates that Stångåstaden is not the only company who practices similar fee schemes.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> The incident has started a movement (led by Bahnhof) that attempts to convince politicians to make further regulations that will take the connection to the internet into account <ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2025-08-13 |title=Bredbandsupproret |url=https://bredbandsupproret.se/}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Swedish incidents]] | [[Category:Swedish incidents]] | ||