On 21 Dec 2009, at 11:54, Mark Rogers wrote: > On 21/12/09 11:31, Steve Tompkins-MacQueen wrote: >> My statment was/is not mean as an attack on your company but it is not >> moral becous "most people"/some people have no chouse but to shop on >> price and as such are being abused. > > So your argument is that those people should instead be denied a service?
NO NOT AT ALL. My argument is as the society we are all part off including businesses (yes I do mean businesses and not just businessmen as often when a business gets larch/big from the customers perspective it tacks on a life of it's own) we are moving to the point when we are becoming dependent of things like the internet. e.g. some govment departments have forms that thay prefer one to download or fill in online. Becous of this it is a moral imperative that as a society we provide a well supported, reliable telecoms connection and at a speed that supports all the functions that we as a society to all. Business has a vital part to play in this as thay are the best plased out of all of use to be able to bring this about. There for the only MORAL business model is one that brings us closer to this eutopia and any other is IMMORAL. > > The CPW pricing structure is to sell at very little above cost, and it > cannot be possible to provide decent support at that price. To improve > the service you have to increase the cost, and deprive a lot of people > of affordable internet access. > >>> However, I still defend that business model, >>> >> I have only just read this! :-( I am finding it dificalt to be member of >> a group with other members in it who can defend such a business model. >> > > Well it isn't the group's view! (Although if everyone who disagreed with > me left then it would become the group's view by default!) > > There is nothing illegal in what CPW are doing and the demand for that > service is there. Given the choice between killing the service and > keeping it as it is, I don't think the "greater good" is served by > telling CPW to kill the service, or to fundamentally change the business > model (increase the price & increase the service). I know a lot of > people who use the service and are happy with it. > > I'm a pragmatist - I'd love to argue in favour of CPW halving their > prices and doubling their quality of service, but much as it would be > nice it's not exactly realistic! > > -- > Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 > Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
