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Michael Murphy | https://murfy.nz
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alexj: If the disconnection fee is only $99 are we all that poor we cannot absorb such a cost? If someone approached me and offered to install fibre into my house I would gladly signup for $99 with no hesitation!
Kind of reminds me of those cheapskates that won't fork out ~$150-199 for a full master splitter install with xDSL...
plambrechtsen: My view is just sign the contract. It's only 12 months and for a ~$8000 install the LFC is sinking for the install it's pretty good value.
xlinknz:plambrechtsen: My view is just sign the contract. It's only 12 months and for a ~$8000 install the LFC is sinking for the install it's pretty good value.
agreed, now where do you get this ~$8000 install cost from ?
yes LFC sinking but subsidized by the govt right ?
xlinknz:plambrechtsen: My view is just sign the contract. It's only 12 months and for a ~$8000 install the LFC is sinking for the install it's pretty good value.
agreed, now where do you get this ~$8000 install cost from ?
yes LFC sinking but subsidized by the govt right ?
NonprayingMantis:xlinknz:plambrechtsen: My view is just sign the contract. It's only 12 months and for a ~$8000 install the LFC is sinking for the install it's pretty good value.
agreed, now where do you get this ~$8000 install cost from ?
yes LFC sinking but subsidized by the govt right ?
Plus if the person ditches their current isp and moves to a different isp, guess what happens. The lfc still gets paid exactly the same.
Or if the person moves out and a new person moves in, chances are they will also get UFB and, again, the lfc gets paid exactly the same.
Basically the contractsfrom the lfcs are pointless. The only time they might be needed would be for the very small percentage of houses who are empty, or for the minuscule number of people who move into a house with ufb, but decide to take adsl.
The downside, of course, is that any tenancy less than 12 months means the tennant is unlikely to be signing up to ufb.
IMHO they are shooting themselves int he foot since it means that students and younger people in flitting situations aren't going to sign up to ufb due to contracts, and they are the market where demand for ufb is likely to be highest (multi user houses, higher users of video and gaming etc)
alexj:NonprayingMantis:xlinknz:plambrechtsen: My view is just sign the contract. It's only 12 months and for a ~$8000 install the LFC is sinking for the install it's pretty good value.
agreed, now where do you get this ~$8000 install cost from ?
yes LFC sinking but subsidized by the govt right ?
Plus if the person ditches their current isp and moves to a different isp, guess what happens. The lfc still gets paid exactly the same.
Or if the person moves out and a new person moves in, chances are they will also get UFB and, again, the lfc gets paid exactly the same.
Basically the contractsfrom the lfcs are pointless. The only time they might be needed would be for the very small percentage of houses who are empty, or for the minuscule number of people who move into a house with ufb, but decide to take adsl.
The downside, of course, is that any tenancy less than 12 months means the tennant is unlikely to be signing up to ufb.
IMHO they are shooting themselves int he foot since it means that students and younger people in flitting situations aren't going to sign up to ufb due to contracts, and they are the market where demand for ufb is likely to be highest (multi user houses, higher users of video and gaming etc)
Ok so if you were to move into a flat with 3 others you cannot afford ~$25 per head at the end of the (not quite) year for a disconnection fee? Oh give me a break!
plambrechtsen: The fixed contract subsidises the purchase of the phone.
Morgan French-Stagg
naggyman:plambrechtsen: The fixed contract subsidises the purchase of the phone.
Same could be said about fibre, where the fixed costs subsidises the router.
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