No, the choice is yours.
The social Internet offer means you get fixed Internet access for the price of 19 euro per month (or 40 euro for a bundle). The social Internet offer includes 150 GB of data and a minimum speed of 30 Mbps. If that does not meet your requirements you cankeep your old social tariff, which consists of a maximum discount of 11.5 euro on your telecom bill.
However, by accepting the social Internet offer you can no longer apply again for a social discount on a normal telecom subscription (“old” social tariff) later on. So check, before changing, if the social internet offer corresponds to the needs of your household.
You keep the discount unless one of the following situations applies to you:
Depending on the beneficiary’s situation, one or several of the following documents are necessary:
The discounts are laid down in Article 38 of the Annex 1of the Act of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications.
Several hypotheses are summarised in the table below:
€ 11.5 (if Internet)
or € 3.1
* NB: if you pay the subscription fee and the communications to two different operators, only the operator providing the communications grants a maximum discount of € 11.5 on the calls.
That is information you can find on your monthly bill.