 chambercPremium
join:2008-08-05
Irving, TX | Uh... feel free to build out your own nationwide network... How dare they set prices for the services they sell! |
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 DavidNow accepting new patientsPremium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
kudos:78 | I think all prices are going up. 1.) crude oil is up, therefore gas is going up.
2.) property taxes going up
3.) income taxes going up
4.) satellite/cable providers going up
I guess the dumb question is, what isn't going up? |
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| Payrolls sure not going up! |
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 morboComplete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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The difference is those are items of value. AT&T DSL is worthless trash to anyone that has a real choice between broadband providers.
This a perfect time for the U.S. to take a fresh look at the lack of broadband 'competition' and how overpriced it is compared to about every other country in the world. |
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WHT
join:2010-03-26
Rosston, TX
kudos:5 | reply to David
said by David:I guess the dumb question is, what isn't going up?
Upstream back-haul costs. |
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Confidence in politicians and lawyers....
Faith in the economy....
Quality of service....
Jobs at home vs. overseas.... |
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| We'll just price-out a bunch of Loyal customers It'll be fine for our long term plans... |
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 JonPremium
join:2001-01-20
Lisle, IL | Caps "The user went to wireless where he'll face more heavily capped service with costlier overages"
So tiered of hearing people whine about caps. Not everyone downloads a terabyte of data every month. If you do, you either need to find and pay for a service that fits your needs or get a life. |
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| RiPOFF ALERT! AT&T is rippping you off for 6 megabits at $51 a month!!
That in addition to caps & overages is a total ripoff! You the consumer must do something to stop this company from damaging the consumer wireline marketplace any futher! |
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 RaptorNot a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON | reply to chamberc
Re: Uh... feel free to build out your own nationwide network... Many try, tough to do with AT&T and others lobby the local gov't to ban such an action. Funny how that works eh?
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3 edits | Which markets is AT&T doing this? What patterns do u see? Which markets are seeing this, and which are not?
Does it depend on the Cableco competition? If so, which do they fight with, and which do they willingly surrender their customers to? Does AT&T have cable companies that they favor, and others that they do NOT like? Seems that when AT&T gives up, that the Cableco will make out like a bandit.
Is this an experiment in the former BellSouth areas, that will later roll out everywhere in the future? |
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| Doesn't matter which market. But particularly in old BellSouth areas that don't have U-Verse, T is basically handing their customers over to other companies without much of a fight. |
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 Chris 313Come get somePremium
join:2004-07-18
Houma, LA
 ·Vonage
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| Making cable seem like a bargain... At these prices, those idiots at the bells make cable seem like a bargain for much higher speeds. Cable should be welcoming all these refugees with open arms. Maybe even taking a poke at them like Comcast has done with their recent speed increase commercials |
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Re: Uh... feel free to build out your own nationwide network... Many would argue that it's inappropriate for municipal government to be in the broadband business. Want to see the difference between private and municipal employees? Follow around a private garbage truck, then a public one, and watch the difference in haste between the two sets of employees.
I would take issue with lobbying to prevent private upstarts, but what's the problem if a state government deems it inappropriate for their municipalities to be in the broadband business? States set the rules for their political subdivisions, and with very few exceptions they can do whatever they want. |
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 IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
join:2010-10-16
Springfield, MA
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| Cable is better Cable is better than DSL when it works. Getting them to fix things is another ball game. I've had so many problems with Comcast like getting bot notification e-mails even though I've ran antivirus software on the computers I suspect might be infected and the software said "no viruses detected".
U think its an extortion attempt to sell me signature support. If I pay to have my computer fixed, it will be at the apple store or the geek squad. Having taken college courses on computers and networking, I don't need some "technician" to read me instructions off a script (for a fee of course) for stuff I already know and I can ask for help on DSLR as well.
Their signature support is about milking consumers, I'd trust the Geek Squad or Genius Bar before I'd trust Comcast. At least Comcast is generous enough to give me free copies of Norton Internet Security for Mac with my subscription.
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I've experienced ImOn (when they were McLeod USA), Mediacom, Comcast, and Time Warner. They are much better than broadcast TV.
I have not and will not cut the cord. |
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 insomniacOh YeahPremium
join:2002-09-22
Naperville, IL | reply to tmc8080
Re: RiPOFF ALERT! Not everyone has a choice. My parents, for example, can get DSL but not cable.
Of course, if AT&T keeps raising its DSL prices and driving away customers who do have a choice, then it can justify eventually getting rid of the service, like Frontier obviously wants to do with the TV service in the FIOS areas it acquired from Verizon.
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If everything seems to be going well, you've obviously overlooked something. |
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brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | reply to IowaCowboy
Re: Cable is better said by IowaCowboy:Cable is better than DSL when it works. Getting them to fix things is another ball game. I've had so many problems with Comcast like getting bot notification e-mails even though I've ran antivirus software on the computers I suspect might be infected and the software said "no viruses detected".
That doesn't mean there are no viruses or malware on your computer. |
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Re: RiPOFF ALERT! I am paying $51 a mouth 12/1.5 for uverse internet. And that way to high. |
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brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | reply to Crookshanks
Re: Uh... feel free to build out your own nationwide network... said by Crookshanks:Many would argue that it's inappropriate for municipal government to be in the broadband business. Want to see the difference between private and municipal employees? Follow around a private garbage truck, then a public one, and watch the difference in haste between the two sets of employees.
Where I live we've had both and the privately run trucks the employees do a pretty poor job. |
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said by Crookshanks:Many would argue that it's inappropriate for municipal government to be in the broadband business. Want to see the difference between private and municipal employees? Follow around a private garbage truck, then a public one, and watch the difference in haste between the two sets of employees. I think I'd rather have the municipal owned utility. We moved from a location that was serviced for a for-profit water company where we paid ~$30 a month for water. Now we are on a municipal owned system and pay ~$30 per QUARTER. Why? The municipality can't make a profit on what they sell us. |
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