From £25PCM free Modem Broadband

Blatant sales promotion, we've dropped our prices:

£25pcm Home500 FREE MODEM!!!!
£35pcm Biz500 FREE ROUTER!!!
£55pcm Biz1000 FREE ROUTER!!!
£85pcm Biz2000 FREE ROUTER!!!

All only £39 set up.

For full offer and details visit:
www.router-aid.co.uk

ADSL guide haven't listed it yet. OK?

In article <1nmab.32$(E-Mail Removed)>, Dave said......

> Blatant sales promotion, we've dropped our prices:
>
> £25pcm Home500 FREE MODEM!!!!
> £35pcm Biz500 FREE ROUTER!!!
> £55pcm Biz1000 FREE ROUTER!!!
> £85pcm Biz2000 FREE ROUTER!!!
>
> All only £39 set up.
>
> For full offer and details visit:
> www.router-aid.co.uk
>
> ADSL guide haven't listed it yet. OK?
>
>
>
And you're still living in cloud cuckoo land with those Ex VAT prices.
--
Mugwump

Dave wrote:

> Blatant sales promotion

yep

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 17:58:25 GMT, "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>ADSL guide haven't listed it yet. OK?
Is it any wonder that they haven't seeing that you are charging those
exorbitant prices get real or go broke .
Monty .

Dave wrote:
> Blatant sales promotion, we've dropped our prices:
>
> £25pcm Home500 FREE MODEM!!!!
> £35pcm Biz500 FREE ROUTER!!!
> £55pcm Biz1000 FREE ROUTER!!!
> £85pcm Biz2000 FREE ROUTER!!!
>
> All only £39 set up.
>
> For full offer and details visit:
> www.router-aid.co.uk
>
> ADSL guide haven't listed it yet. OK?

Please post to uk.rec.humour:-)

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:20:56 +0100, Mugwump <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>In article <1nmab.32$(E-Mail Removed)>, Dave said......
>
>> Blatant sales promotion, we've dropped our prices:
>>
>> £25pcm Home500 FREE MODEM!!!!
>> £35pcm Biz500 FREE ROUTER!!!
>> £55pcm Biz1000 FREE ROUTER!!!
>> £85pcm Biz2000 FREE ROUTER!!!
>>
>> All only £39 set up.
>>
>> For full offer and details visit:
>> www.router-aid.co.uk
>>
>> ADSL guide haven't listed it yet. OK?
>>
>>
>>
>And you're still living in cloud cuckoo land with those Ex VAT prices.

Whilst certainly not the cheapest deal going for a Home500 connection,
they are certainly not the most expensive.

I dont have figures to hand but companies of a similar price (lets say
BTO, who charge a few pennies more than Router-Aid) provide you with
no hardware, dynamic IP etc etc etc - but I'm sure I'm teaching my
granny to suck eggs with detailing the add-ons with ISPs here.

Router-Aid, quote they also give you a free modem (home users), free
filter (of unknown make - so unaware of quality) a static IP etc etc
etc.

Its not a *bad* deal - just not the cheapest. Whilst I've learned in
the past, is not always best.
--
Regards
Andy Jenkins

http://www.uk-bug.net : The UK Broadband Usergroup.

Andy Jenkins wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:20:56 +0100, Mugwump <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> In article <1nmab.32$(E-Mail Removed)>, Dave said......
>>
>>> Blatant sales promotion, we've dropped our prices:
>>>
<snip>
>>>
>> And you're still living in cloud cuckoo land with those Ex VAT
>> prices.
>
> Whilst certainly not the cheapest deal going for a Home500 connection,
> they are certainly not the most expensive.
>
> I dont have figures to hand but companies of a similar price (lets say
> BTO, who charge a few pennies more than Router-Aid) provide you with
> no hardware, dynamic IP etc etc etc - but I'm sure I'm teaching my
> granny to suck eggs with detailing the add-ons with ISPs here.
>
But BTO do not advertise here. The more competitive offerings from the likes
of PlusNet, Virgin, Pipex cannot be regarded as from "fly-by-nights".

What is the USP (unique selling point) that makes it worth even considering
this newcomer?

"Tiny Tim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bked22$p7d3$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Andy Jenkins wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:20:56 +0100, Mugwump <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <1nmab.32$(E-Mail Removed)>, Dave said......
> >>
> >>> Blatant sales promotion, we've dropped our prices:
> >>>
> <snip>
> >>>
> >> And you're still living in cloud cuckoo land with those Ex VAT
> >> prices.
> >
> > Whilst certainly not the cheapest deal going for a Home500 connection,
> > they are certainly not the most expensive.
> >
> > I dont have figures to hand but companies of a similar price (lets say
> > BTO, who charge a few pennies more than Router-Aid) provide you with
> > no hardware, dynamic IP etc etc etc - but I'm sure I'm teaching my
> > granny to suck eggs with detailing the add-ons with ISPs here.
> >
> But BTO do not advertise here. The more competitive offerings from the
likes
> of PlusNet, Virgin, Pipex cannot be regarded as from "fly-by-nights".
>
> What is the USP (unique selling point) that makes it worth even
considering
> this newcomer?
>
>
Our USP, for this offer is a FREE ROUTER (please excuse the sales caps).
I don't think you'll find any ISP out there doing this, modems maybe.

Also we aren't a newcomer! Datanet have been an ISP for over 7 years, mostly
focused on the small to medium business market, and most of our customers
have been with us for years.

Thanks

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:43:37 +0100, "Tiny Tim" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Andy Jenkins wrote:
>> I dont have figures to hand but companies of a similar price (lets say
>> BTO, who charge a few pennies more than Router-Aid) provide you with
>> no hardware, dynamic IP etc etc etc - but I'm sure I'm teaching my
>> granny to suck eggs with detailing the add-ons with ISPs here.
>>
>But BTO do not advertise here. The more competitive offerings from the likes
>of PlusNet, Virgin, Pipex cannot be regarded as from "fly-by-nights".

The implication therefore is that Router-Aid are "fly-by-nights" due
to their advertising strategy?

Granted, the OP is in contradiction of the charter for 'utb' - but I
fail to see how a contravention of a charter would imply an expensive
pricing structure.

>What is the USP (unique selling point) that makes it worth even considering
>this newcomer?

A valid question (and one probably best directed at Router-Aid
themselves), but not valid in terms of discussing if posting in
violation of a usenet charter equals expensive products.

--
Regards
Andy Jenkins

http://www.uk-bug.net : The UK Broadband Usergroup.

Andy Jenkins wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:43:37 +0100, "Tiny Tim" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> Andy Jenkins wrote:
>>> I dont have figures to hand but companies of a similar price (lets
>>> say BTO, who charge a few pennies more than Router-Aid) provide you
>>> with
>>> no hardware, dynamic IP etc etc etc - but I'm sure I'm teaching my
>>> granny to suck eggs with detailing the add-ons with ISPs here.
>>>
>> But BTO do not advertise here. The more competitive offerings from
>> the likes of PlusNet, Virgin, Pipex cannot be regarded as from
>> "fly-by-nights".
>
> The implication therefore is that Router-Aid are "fly-by-nights" due
> to their advertising strategy?
>
> Granted, the OP is in contradiction of the charter for 'utb' - but I
> fail to see how a contravention of a charter would imply an expensive
> pricing structure.
>
>> What is the USP (unique selling point) that makes it worth even
>> considering this newcomer?
>
> A valid question (and one probably best directed at Router-Aid
> themselves), but not valid in terms of discussing if posting in
> violation of a usenet charter equals expensive products.

I'm not suggesting that any of the companies mentioned is "fly-by-night".
You suggested that you get what you pay for, to some degree. I merely
countered to say that you can get a high value package at low cost from well
established suppliers with an extensive customer base, although perhaps I
didn't articulate this clearly enough..

I apologise if my meaning was misconstrued.

Personally I don't object to advertising if it brings to my attention some
product of clear benefit or advantage. I am unaware that the original post
brought anything worthy to the table and was thus just advertising noise and
pointless/unwelcome. I don't recall this thread complaining of charter abuse
until you brought it up, merely the lack of percfeived value in the
offering.