I have placed an order at A&A, and consequently PN have been told by A&A that I'm leaving.
Now PN have come back and offered me broadband and phone for £25.99 for 18 month contract.

In reply to a post by Rerun28:

I have placed an order at A&A, and consequently PN have been told by A&A that I'm leaving.
Now PN have come back and offered me broadband and phone for £25.99 for 18 month contract.

It always amazes me how companies ignore the reputational damage caused by posts like this. I wouldn't be particularly proud when people are posting that we tried to rip them off then when they took other steps we suddenly abandoned our attempt to rip them off and found a price that undercuts the price we charge to the mugs.

Still we know that the moral compass of those at the top of major businesses is losing direction year by year so probably no surprise.

In reply to a post by GonePostal:

It always amazes me how companies ignore the reputational damage

Look no further than the Royal Mail price increases over recent years, crazy greedy [censored] although my post man is the nicest guy you are ever likely to meet.

In reply to a post by PCJM40:

In reply to a post by GonePostal:

It always amazes me how companies ignore the reputational damage

Look no further than the Royal Mail price increases over recent years, crazy greedy [censored] although my post man is the nicest guy you are ever likely to meet.

Unfortunately Royal Mail is caught between a rock and a hard place. They are legally required to maintain the Universal Service Obligation of delivering to every address in the UK six days a week (subject to a few specified exclusions) so they have to keep a massive network of delivery offices and associated staff. That means that their costs are very much weighted towards the fixed rather than the variable end. As the volume of mail drops there are only limited opportunities to downsize the delivery network due to the USO requirement. I suspect that what you are seeing in action is not crazy, greedy etc but merely the only possible reaction to a reducing market while servicing the USO.

Hi,

Just like politicians. Local ones can be quite nice but the higher you go....the lower the IQ they appear to have.

Cya,

Just to close out this thread, I’ve migrated to pulse 8 today.

£37 a month on a one month contract.

It’s not super cheap but it’s far better than the £54.39 that Plusnet expect me to pay to stay on a 30 day contract.

No obvious progress from openreach FTTP but the checker now say it’s due by the end of the year rather than 2026. Nexfibre have done the first install of their network on my street (digging and ducting etc) but no fibre cable yet.