RE: Hosting allowances economies of scale

Blake Pfankuch <bpfankuch-iDUpQSA8o47qlBn2x/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.operators.internet-access
Message-ID <01759D50DC387C45A018FE1817CE27D751CBA4C674@CPExchange1.cpgreeley.com>
>>Obviously the customers I'm keeping mostly understand the difference
>>in dealing with me as opposed to a huge hosting company, but the
>>vast differences in pricing is getting hard for them to ignore,
>>especially in these times.
>>
>>How do you deal with this squeeze?
>
>I am up front with my customers that I am not the cheapest
>provider in terms of bandwidth or disk space, but I am local
>you can talk to me or come visit me in person and within reason
>I will try to accommodate you anyway I can.

We have the same policy.  We may not be the cheapest, but you can drive over here and physically look at your equipment.  A lot of people are enticed entirely with the idea of it being local and being able to bring a usb drive in to do data transfer.

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