You can count on Cell companies greed. Like clockwork, they will cancel
agreements and jack rates when they see the bottom line less than their
bonus agreements need....
On 1/27/25 12:29, Steve Jones wrote:
cellular is a lot nicer to decipher for the most part
I personally think the players see the writing on the wall and will jack
rates to monetize before the feds step in to control prices.
On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com
<mailto:khoh...@kwom.com>> wrote:
I think the broadband “nutrition labels” are stupid, but it has
forced everyone to be a little more transparent about promo vs
standard pricing.____
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We recently lost a customer to Hughesnet. Excuse me, “the New
Hughesnet, Jupiter powered”. I hope they enjoy that experience.____
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*From:*AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>>
*On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett
*Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2025 12:58 PM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com
<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Big Broadband jacking up rates now?____
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In our WISP days we did promos where we went from $30/month to
$50/month after a year. We told them verbally on the phone exactly
what the price would change to, and when it would happen, and it was
spelled out in writing on the order form too. Some of them would
still call and complain about us "raising their rates". Maybe a
year is too long and they forget. It was a useful tool to make
sales, especially since as Josh said Spectrum will do a promo for
$30/month too, but it did cause some stress and mayhem even when we
were that open about it.____
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As far as whether laziness will prevail: depends on the person.
Some people will switch instantly to save $5/month, and some people
just let the auto charge on their credit card keep happening
regardless. I woudn't even call it laziness per se. If the
Internet is working, and the price isn't making them cringe, then
they're not thinking about it and changing it isn't even on their
radar.____
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What IS laziness is we had people who would pay late every month and
just pay the late fee every time. If they called or emailed me
about it I would have waived all the fees if they made one payment
to get caught up, but they would just keep quitely paying the fee.
I suppose I should have been happy that they were willing to pay
extra every month for no reason, but I felt bad for them anyway.____
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-Adam____
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*From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com
<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> on behalf of Dev
<d...@logicalwebhost.com <mailto:d...@logicalwebhost.com>>
*Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2025 1:15 PM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com
<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Big Broadband jacking up rates now? ____
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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.____
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On Jan 27, 2025, at 9:29 AM, Josh Luthman
<j...@imaginenetworksllc.com
<mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>> wrote:____
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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...____
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On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM Dev <d...@logicalwebhost.com
<mailto: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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