you can add about $10-20 in taxes and fees on ATT here in Indiana. That also goes for all the telecoms like Endeavor, Comcast, etc.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 8:12 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] package ideas Always check to see what the price add-ons are for those services... Is AT*T charging the $5/month modem fee? How about the USF fee? That $34.95 could be closer to $45 when they get done and that needs to be clear to who you are selling to... On 05/07/2014 10:47 PM, John Thomas wrote: > My suggestion was only relative to your current pricing. > > For reference, AT&T UVerse in my area is $34.95 for 6 Meg down, and > 768 k up, and when you go past 150 gigs in a month, it's $10 for each > 50 gigs. Charter is bragging about 30 megs down, and 4 megs up, capped > at > 250 gig ( I think) for $29.95 (12 month promo), however, they have it > oversubscribed so bad I have run speed tests to Charters speedtest > server and got 30 kilobits per second down-not a good way to impress a > $100 per month Business class customer. > > > Greg Osborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's gotta make dollars to make sense..... You might have to explain > that the cable/telcos don't come for them for that reason. If they > can't get a high take rate, they can't make money either. > > > > *From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *On Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 06, 2014 5:25 PM > *To:* WISPA General List > *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] package ideas > > > > is that something you've done and people pay for that? I need to do > some market research for these customers. A lot of customers are > "stuck" with me, might leave a bad taste when in town customers can > get 30 meg for > $50 or so a month. I have customers beating me for more speeds but I > have a lot that think they are getting robbed at what they get now LOL > > > > > > *From:*John Thomas <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Sent:*Tuesday, May 06, 2014 3:51 PM > > *To:*WISPA General List <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Subject:*Re: [WISPA] package ideas > > > > How about adding 5 Meg at $79, then 10 Meg at $109? > > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > So, I am going to be twisting on the owners soon. I need to start > offering different packages to our customers, getting tired of people > wanting more speed. If they want more than everyone they need to pay > for it. So, aside from special instances, the vast majority of our > subs pay > $45 per month for unlimited usage. No real statement on speed, but > typically we set most to a stream of 1.6 meg or so, enough where they > can run Netflix in basic definition with no buffering. We have some > set to a little more depending on needs. If I can get by they usually > get > 512 up & down with some bursting, but those are far and few between > with streaming media. > > > > I was thinking of setting all of those users to 1.5 or 2 meg for the > $45 and jumping to a 5 meg package for $69 per month. I currently > charge most businesses $69, they may not get much more speed just > expedited service from us if they have issues. I was also thinking, if > I can stretch it out, to 10 meg for $100 a month. > > > > We are negotiating for more bandwidth from our upstream shortly, I > believe our towers are capable of of meeting these needs for the most > part. If not I am hoping the prospect of selling more will offset the > additional upgrade costs > > > > I figure if only 10 percent of the $45 customers upgraded to $69 it > would generate an additional $50k a year. > > > > Anyways I wanted to throw it out to you folks to see what they have > experienced in doing similar situations. I am sure I will get some > back lash from certain areas where a competitor might be able to do > something better or cheaper or customers that want it all for nothing, > the ones who think they are getting screwed anyways > > > > heith > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
