Laziness prevails.  Evidence:  every big provider jacking up their rates.

On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM Dev <d...@logicalwebhost.com> wrote:

> Generally after the introductory offer. Does anyone read the fine print,
> or want to call their call center on a small island of people who speak
> not-English to try to cancel later? It might be good news for companies who
> don’t want to jerk their users around, now the question is whether
> customers would be willing to switch or whether laziness will prevail, even
> if it’s more costly laziness.
>
> On Jan 27, 2025, at 9:29 AM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
> wrote:
>
> Gigabit fiber here in town is $49.95.  Metronet is hungry to steal
> customers because everyone is so damned lazy to switch.  Spectrum is $30
> for 100 meg for the first year.
>
> Both companies skyrocket 1.5x after that first year and Metronet is even
> more in the third year.
>
> When you say jacking up rates, do you mean after 12 months of service or
> do you mean across the board?  The big guys have increased rates every year
> or few for decades...
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM Dev <d...@logicalwebhost.com> wrote:
>
>> I see them (multiple vendors, after the first of the year) jacking up the
>> rates, sometimes by up to 20%. I’m wondering whether it’s market forces,
>> compensating for overspending on govt subsidized builds that they now have
>> to recoup, or just because they can? What are you seeing in other markets?
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