Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK)
by mvdtnz on Thursday May 18, 2023 @03:04PM
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Are you really in here arguing that UK is not in a cost of living crisis? There's plenty of evidence that they are, and this seems like a needlessly contrarian post.
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Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK)
by skippyboxedhero on Thursday May 18, 2023 @04:59PM
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I have no idea what "a cost of living crisis" is or what the quantitative definition for one is.
Demand is not falling so, by definition, there cannot be a "cost of living crisis". Because prices have increased does not mean they are at a high level.
You are acting as if some govt agency has declared a "cost of living crisis" and that is somehow meaningful to reality. I gave you specific examples of the prices of food: you call that "contrarian", I don't see any specific examples in your post however...perhaps you are being needlessly contrarian?
Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK)
by toyg on Thursday May 18, 2023 @05:49PM
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Except demand is falling, as demonstrated by the very article you're commenting under. Or by the figures showing people saved energy like crazy over the last 6 months. Or by the rise in people struggling with bills and credit [1]. I don't know what numbers you're looking at, but it's pretty clear that people are hurting more now than they did before, and that is inevitably going to kill demand.
[1] https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/national/23527220.10-milli...