Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-07 Thread Graham McIntire via Af
75> | Fax: 402-372-1058 <402-372-1058>* > > *Direct: 402-372-1052 <402-372-1052>* > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul McCall via Af > *Sent:* Saturday, October 04, 2014 3:00 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] H

Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-07 Thread Craig Schmaderer via Af
FMUG] 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 a

Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-06 Thread David Milholen via Af
d usage. I guess as long as you are saying “up to”, you could raise the number. *From:*Paul McCall via Af <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Sent:*Saturday, October 04, 2014 3:00 PM *To:*af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:*[AFMUG] How frequently have you had a pri

Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-06 Thread Randy Cosby via Af
We've had good results with introducing new speed tiers, but asking customers to sign new contracts for a free upgrade. For example, if you have a 5M/1M plan and you introduce a a new 7M/1M for the same price, or 10M/2M (double the speed!) for just $5 more, you will get a lot of "upgraders" as

Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-05 Thread Tyler Treat via Af
n...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof via Af Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 4:32 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase? Everyone seems to expect our prices will go down, it's the Internet after all, everything is s

Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-05 Thread Travis Johnson via Af
*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof via Af *Sent:* Saturday, October 04, 2014 4:32 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase? Everyone seems to expect our prices will go d

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2014-10-05 Thread Jeremy via Af
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

Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-05 Thread timothy steele via Af
charging more. >>> But definitely charge more as opposed to going cheaper. Markets >>> may vary... >>> >>> Jon >>> >>> >>> On Oct 4, 2014, at 4:54 PM, Paul McCall via Af >> <mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote: >&g

Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-04 Thread David Milholen via Af
*Sent:* Saturday, October 04, 2014 4:32 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase? Everyone seems to expect our prices will go down, it’s the Internet after all, everything is supposed to get cheaper until

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2014-10-04 Thread James Howard via Af
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase? i rarely have good to say about the way my boss runs things, but he is a magician at the rate plan changes. we have never directly raise prices, for the most part we have always either kept them the same price or lowered the

Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-04 Thread That One Guy via Af
of via Af > *Sent:* Saturday, October 04, 2014 4:32 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase? > > > > Everyone seems to expect our prices will go down, it’s the Internet after > all, everything is supposed to get cheaper until it

Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-04 Thread David Milholen via Af
you could raise the number. *From:*Paul McCall via Af <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Sent:*Saturday, October 04, 2014 3:00 PM *To:*af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:*[AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase? We are thinking of raising our prices on our residential bas

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2014-10-04 Thread Paul McCall via Af
:02 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase? Yeah I wouldn't raise prices on a 900SM customer. Get ready to overhaul the network with faster options before charging more. But definitely charge more as opposed to going cheaper. Markets may vary...

Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-04 Thread Jon Langeler via Af
input from all of you! > > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof via Af > Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 4:32 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase? > > Everyone seems to expect our prices wi

Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-04 Thread Paul McCall via Af
Very good input from all of you! From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof via Af Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 4:32 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase? Everyone seems to expect our prices will go down, it’s the Internet

Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-04 Thread Ken Hohhof via Af
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

Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-04 Thread Travis Johnson via Af
I think most customers are OK with a small increase (like $45 to $49). If you break into the $50 range, you may get some resistance. You could always do "up to 100Mbit" for $49, since the speeds are "up to" anyway. ;) Travis On 10/4/2014 2:00 PM, Paul McCall via Af wrote: We are thinking o

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2014-10-04 Thread Chuck McCown via Af
: 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

Re: [AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-04 Thread Darin Steffl via Af
This has come up in past email threads and I think the best way to institute a price increase is to give them something to go along with it if you're forcing the increase and not making it voluntary. Even half a meg of speed increase and a nice letter stating the cost of upgrades and reliable netwo

[AFMUG] How frequently have you had a price increase?

2014-10-04 Thread Paul McCall via Af
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