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Article #595Re: Price increase.
From: Pretender�
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 00:00
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Thanks Chris...my request is in your in box... Chris Caputo wrote in message <7227nb$hku$0@207.14.113.2>... >Basic economics tells us that when there is more demand than supply, >prices should go up. That was the case here. The price increase does not >seem to have slowed the influx of new customers, even at the higher >speeds. I'm stunned by this, but it really is the case. Even the waiting >list has continued to grow. People continue to even opt for the $48 per >month 128,000 bps max Full Access selection! I don't understand it, but I >don't bother questioning it. The more money that comes in the better >upgrades we can make in retention, bandwidth, and robustness. It also >increases our ability to fight the government if they choose to seize the >equipment. > >However, I realize many of you stuck with us through very bad times, >retention wise, and that loyalty should not go unrewarded. Therefore, >anyone who was a customer before 8/1/98 and did not cancel, now has the >ability to adjust their services selection using the pre-10/1/98 pricing >scheme (ex. Full Access is $10 per 32,000 bps). To do this, please send >your request to support@alt.net with the subject line "LOYAL CUSTOMER >WANTS GOOD DEAL". This offer is good until the end of 1998. I am not >joking. > >Chris Caputo >President, Altopia Corporation
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd665,450e2161d0b519e5 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd665,public From: "Pretender�" <pretender�@nym.alias.net> Subject: Re: Price increase. Date: 1998/11/07 Message-ID: <722olf$l6n$0@dosa.alt.net> X-Deja-AN: 409989221 References: <363e6c57.868629@207.14.113.10> <720vbn$sv0$0@207.14.113.2> <36458b25.78608543@news.classact.org> <7227nb$hku$0@207.14.113.2> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Organization: I don't think so! Reply-To: "Pretender�" <pretender@nym.alias.nospam.net> Newsgroups: altnet.general