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Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices?

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Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 21/01/2025 08:24, Tweed wrote:
>> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>> I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my main
>>>> number.
>>>> 
>>>> I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
>>>> ID mobile and Talkmobile.
>>>> 
>>>> They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.
>>>> 
>>>> Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their cheapest deal
>>>> 2 GB per month for £10.
>>>> They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an
>>>> unlimited deal.
>>>> 
>>>> Am I missing something?
>>>> These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell against the
>>>> opposition.
>>>> 
>>>> Now wondering if they negotiate to retain an account.
>>> 
>>> They probably want out of the market as they don't get much value out of
>>> it.
>>> 
>>> 
>> A year ago they signed a deal renewing their 50:50 partnership with VMO2
>> for another ten years.
>> All operators are desperately trying to wring more money out of their
>> customers at the moment. Operating costs (energy, wages) have gone up.
>> Capital investment costs have risen with the rise in borrowing rates. They
>> used to make money by attracting new customers in a growing market. But now
>> everyone who ever wants a mobile now has one so it’s now a mature market.
> 
> Perhaps also with people (reportedly) dumping landlines there is an 
> additional market for internet use via a mobile. And if that usage 
> requires unlimited or high-usage GB perhaps there's some profit to be had.
> 

That’s a difficult market. People who use the mobile network as a landline
replacement are your most resource consuming customers. Get too many of
those and your local cell site starts to saturate. That’s why there’s such
a price jump to get an unlimited plan. The networks rely on people with
limited Gb plans actually not using most of their allowance each month. 

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Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? David <wibble@btinternet.com> - 2025-01-20 23:32 +0000
  Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-21 07:50 +0000
    Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2025-01-21 08:24 +0000
      Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-21 09:50 +0000
        Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2025-01-21 10:12 +0000
  Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2025-01-21 08:38 +0000
    Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2025-01-21 11:25 +0000
      Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> - 2025-01-21 12:14 +0000
  Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-01-21 08:45 +0000
    Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? David <wibble@btinternet.com> - 2025-01-21 13:37 +0000
      Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2025-01-21 16:04 +0000
        Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2025-01-21 16:23 +0000
          Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2025-01-21 21:27 +0000
            Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-22 07:39 +0000

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