[Wolves] Broadband recommendations

[mad-malc at tiscali.co.uk]

Picking a Broad Band supplier is easy, changing one is more difficult. As
you say plusnet are waving connection fees but there's a sting if you wish
to leave in the future.
My thoughts are that you should pick the best deal now but try to look at
somewhere like 
www.adslguide.org.uk
to see what the existing customer base (that's if they've got one) think
of the company. 
My money is also on a future consolidation and shake up of the ISP's with
some of the less financially succesful ones being taken over by other more
financially strong ISP's/ investor type organisations.
Either way I doubt that many of the present suppliers will still be around
in 5 years.

Mad Malc
>-- Original Message --
>Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 22:47:48 +0100
>From: Kevanf1 <kevanf1 at gmail.com>
>To: Wolverhampton Linux User Group <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Wolves] Broadband recommendations
>Reply-To: Wolverhampton Linux User Group <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>
>
>On 5/17/05, Deusiah <deusiah at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes but there are many people who subscribe to broadband. The only way
>> a company is going to listen is if they get next to no one buying
>> their product because it's priced too high.
>> 
>> Chris
>With any company they have to look to increasing revenue for
>shareholders.  The only way a BB company can do this is by increasing
>its user base.  If that user base is the next stage of BB uptakers and
>they are sitting tight then the company have to think of sweeteners. 
>Price cuts, speed increases etc.  If the first round of sweeteners
>don't have much success then they try something different.  PlusNet
>have had to do this to entice more customers.  A few months ago they
>announced £14.99 per month BB at 2mb download (max) speed.  This was
>obviously not enough to bring in swathes of new customers or migrators
>so they have now waived all connection fees for new customers.  These
>fees are only payable on a sliding rate if you leave Plusnet within 5
>years.
>
>It's a good deal and I'm very, very tempted now.  In fact within the
>next few weeks I think they will have themselves a new customer.  Oh,
>did I mention they do not have any set in stone caps just sensible
>use.  Which is not there idea of stupid sensible use either :-)
>-- 
>Take care.
>Kevan Farmer
>
>34 Hill Street
>Cheslyn Hay
>Staffordshire
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