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  • The biggest misunderstanding about your broadband bill

    From Tweed@usenet.tweed@gmail.com to uk.telecom.broadband on Mon Sep 21 12:59:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.broadband

    This is worth a read.

    https://andysayle.substack.com/p/the-biggest-misunderstanding-about

    Written by the person who sets ZenrCOs pricing.

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  • From J. P. Gilliver@G6JPG@255soft.uk to uk.telecom.broadband on Tue Sep 22 00:02:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.broadband

    On 2026/9/21 13:59:57, Tweed wrote:
    This is worth a read.

    https://andysayle.substack.com/p/the-biggest-misunderstanding-about

    Written by the person who sets ZenrCOs pricing.

    Thanks - yes, it is interesting:
    * most broadband choices come from comparison sites. I /suppose/ that's predictable; I tend to find such sites disappointing because there's
    little facility to fine-tune, though I haven't actually tried them for broadband.
    * The price doesn't start with what Openreach (or altnet) charge then
    the ISP add their bit. Hmm.
    And other points.
    I _do_ think loss-leader prices should be banned. Yes, even if it puts "everybodt's" price up (I don't think it does - can't see how. Unless by everybody, he means every ISP's starting price.)
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  • From Tweed@usenet.tweed@gmail.com to uk.telecom.broadband on Tue Sep 22 06:50:16 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.broadband

    J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
    On 2026/9/21 13:59:57, Tweed wrote:
    This is worth a read.

    https://andysayle.substack.com/p/the-biggest-misunderstanding-about

    Written by the person who sets ZenrCOs pricing.

    Thanks - yes, it is interesting:

    * most broadband choices come from comparison sites. I /suppose/ that's predictable; I tend to find such sites disappointing because there's
    little facility to fine-tune, though I haven't actually tried them for broadband.

    * The price doesn't start with what Openreach (or altnet) charge then
    the ISP add their bit. Hmm.

    And other points.

    I _do_ think loss-leader prices should be banned. Yes, even if it puts "everybodt's" price up (I don't think it does - can't see how. Unless by everybody, he means every ISP's starting price.)

    Not every ISP ignores the connection wholesale price. CityFibre charge the
    ISP less than OpenReach. Some ISPs pass this on, some do not. The smaller,
    but long lived, ISPs donrCOt appear to play the low price introductory offer followed by price hike game.

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