Don't forget metronet has a mandatory $12.95 tech assure fee on top of all their advertised rates. It's hidden in the fine print and surprises most new customers. They also increase the promo rate every year for 4 years. So their gig service pricing is as follows:
Year 1 - $63 Year 2 - $73 Year 3 - $83 Year 4 - $103 Slower plans also have rate increase yearly. On Mon, Jan 27, 2025, 2:30 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> 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> 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. >> >> >> >> We recently lost a customer to Hughesnet. Excuse me, “the New Hughesnet, >> Jupiter powered”. I hope they enjoy that experience. >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <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> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Big Broadband jacking up rates now? >> >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> -Adam >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> on behalf of Dev < >> d...@logicalwebhost.com> >> *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2025 1:15 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Big Broadband jacking up rates now? >> >> >> >> 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? >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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