We have Jab in our area too but our prices are $10.00 less than that with no fine print. ;) It is working very well for us so far.
On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > Everyone seems to expect our prices will go down, it’s the Internet > after all, everything is supposed to get cheaper until it’s free, right? > We haven’t raised prices in 10 years, and we are feeling some pressure to > lower prices about 10%, I guess that’s from competition though and it > sounds like you don’t have too much of that problem. > > JAB has people here expecting $40/$50/$60 for 5M/10M/15M speed. They do > have an equipment fee and a support plan in the fine print though. > > One school of thought is you gotta have added fees, otherwise you just > look more expensive in a comparison. (And people do compare prices, even > if the other guys can’t get them service.) Another school of thought is, > if you do a price increase, make it big enough you don’t have another one > in a year. Although that never seems to stop the cable companies. Another > school of thought is to make it look like you are giving them something for > the price increase, that’s the game the cablecos play, more content. Not > sure what you could give away though, if you are already at 5M and > unlimited usage. I guess as long as you are saying “up to”, you could > raise the number. > > *From:* Paul McCall via Af <af@afmug.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, October 04, 2014 3:00 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase? > > > We are thinking of raising our prices on our residential basic plan. > Some of our customers have been on the same priced plan for 7 years (or > more). Around $ 45 / month for “up to 5Mbit/1Mbit”. Probably 25% of those > customers, we are the only “good” source for Internet. The rest have > varying levels of DSL or cable options. > > > > Thinking of bumping those customers to $ 49. Maybe a little more, haven’t > decided. > > > > How do you handle price changes and/or on your customers on “rolling > contracts” ? > > > > Paul > > > > Paul McCall, Pres. > > PDMNet / Florida Broadband > > 658 Old Dixie Highway > > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > > 772-564-6800 office > > 772-473-0352 cell > > www.pdmnet.com > > pa...@pdmnet.net > > >
