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Digital Pimp
join:2003-02-24
Bossier City, LA | bla bla bla BellSouth has to be the worst ISP is history.
I'll be glad when they become extinct.
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 | jporter07
join:2004-03-22
Mobile, AL | Re: bla bla bla Every ISP is the worst ISP at some point. | |
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| | RayW
Premium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
 ·XMission
| Re: bla bla bla said by jporter07  :Every ISP is the worst ISP at some point. Xmission is a great ISP! At least in the 4 years I have been with them.
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | Re: bla bla bla Comcast has been great for the three years I have had them.  | |
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Vamp
5c077
Premium
join:2003-01-28
MD
 ·Verizon FIOS
| said by RayW :said by jporter07 :Every ISP is the worst ISP at some point. Xmission is a great ISP! At least in the 4 years I have been with them. lol and they are still hosting Maddox's site. | |
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| | | | RayW
Premium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
·XMission
| Re: bla bla bla said by Vamp :lol and they are still hosting Maddox's site. Are you talking about the fast food chicken restaurant or the sit down restaurant? And what does that have to do with Xmission being a good ISP?
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| digital k
Premium
join:2003-12-25 | Wow 70 bucks unbundled price?! That is insane. No thanks Bellsouth. | |
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| | rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO
| Re: bla bla bla Yeah -- that's the steepest "penalty" I've seen. Most of the cable companies ding you $10/month if you don't also subscribe to a basic television package. BellSouth's $40/month is an egregious abuse of market position.
Although I still think it's a weak position, at least they have an argument that unbundled DSL and cable services require higher margins because the cost of the connection has to be covered by a single service. With WiMax, it's a completely separate service that does not share the same connection. As a regulated monopoly, can BellSouth use revenue from telephone services to enter new markets? This smells rotten. | |
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OrOnTheOther
@208.17.x.x |  Re: bla bla bla
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superht1
join:2001-02-22
Kennesaw, GA
·AT&T Southeast
| Re: bla bla bla said by digital k :Wow 70 bucks unbundled price?! That is insane. No thanks Bellsouth. 34.99 would make more sense as oppose to 70 dollars. | |
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| | | adsldog
join:2000-12-01
Woodstock, GA
| Re: bla bla bla Let me take a minute to provide some accurate information about the pricing. First the disclosure: I work for BellSouth Wireless Broadband (WBB).
The pricing that you all have been quoted is not correct.
BellSouth offers 3 levels of WBB:
1) Residential 'Lite' 384/128Kb is $29.95 standalone and $24.95 with BellSouth or Cingular
2) Residential 'Ultra' 1.5/256 is $39.95 standalone and $32.95 w/ BellSouth or Cingular
3) Business 'Ultra' 1.5/384 is $69.95 as the name descibres is for commercial accounts.
The recent additional of 'WBB back-up' is $29.95 is designed for businesses that want a back-up for their wireline ADSL or T1.
If you want more info:
»www.wirelessbb.bellsouth.net/sales | |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by Evil_Icon :BellSouth has to be the worst ISP is history. I'll be glad when they become extinct. If that happens then I'll be only left with Charter who is actually worse. I had to dump Charter becaus ein my first month having them I got internet 1/3 of the time and their support sucked and didn't do a damned thing to fix my problem. I've BS for a month now and I've never lost my connection. It sucks paying for a extra phone # I don't need since I had Packet8 when I signed up with Charter, plus I signd up for a $19.99 for 6 months deal with Charter, plus all the expenese of having to sign up with BS, but that not BellSouth's fault that's Charter's fault. | |
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| Surfinusa
Premium
join:2001-02-08
| BellSouth? Ick.... Agreed I am not a fan of BellSouth.
AT&T (SBC) offers its customers better prices. BellSouth currently makes customers sign up 1 year contract verse cable no commitment. BellSouth makes customers who want to use their ADSL, Wireless services, pay for your wireless equipment or your ADSL modem unless you get a deal (contract ie.. after rebate) you pay up front. And whole lot of taxes fees somehow it doesn't cost just what they say. At&T costs 1.5mb line about $15USD wow good deal. Again Ick BellSouth. Would like to see AT&T work. Still no DSL in my area. Like the Company Motto " Listening, Answering." Lots of laugh. Thanks BellSouth. Keep up your excellent reputation. | |
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| sockhopper
join:2006-03-24
Spring Hill, FL | I'm now a Bellsouth DSL subscriber and I think Netzero is the worst isp around. | |
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CyJoe
@sify.net | Thats what I used to think . . . until I had to move to U.K for a while and used BT (British Telecom), now those guys are inexpressably worse than BellSouth! | |
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Jonbo298
join:2004-01-12
Council Bluffs, IA
| My backup is... an AOL disk if desperate  or just wait for broadband to come up because in 95% of all cases I've had, its back up in an hour or less. If it takes longer, I just find something better to waste my time. | |
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Camelot One
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Sarasota, FL
clubs:
| Exactly what to expect from ATT/SBC ATT/SBC was required by the terms of the merger to offer naked DSL. And when they finally get around to it, we'll see the exact same sort of pricing. Though it will probably be more like $17.99 with PTSN or $67.99 naked.
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| hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | Re: Exactly what to expect from ATT/SBC they have something like up to one year after the merger is finished to release it and only has to offer it for 1 year in each serviced area. But who says that the distance isn't going to be cut is the other thing. | |
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ssj4android
Redefining Reality
join:2002-04-14
Wyoming, MI
| A 'Backup' service? So, basically they're saying their DSL sucks and is going to go down a lot?
Oh wait, a backup incast hurricanes take the landlines down. What about other cities that aren't as concerned about that? Why aren't they marketing it as a have internet everywhere service? | |
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Alpine
Premium
join:2000-01-11
Atlanta, GA
1 edit | Re: A 'Backup' service? Hey now... Bash away, like every other talking parrot on this board, but give BellSouth their due.
Everyone I know has said time and time again that Fastaccess is rock solid and VASTLY better than the other options around here. We had Comcast for a couple of years when we moved into our new house (which should, once again, contradict accusations that I work for BellSouth) and it was down literally 3-5 times a day for weeks at a time. Our neighborhood even sent a huge group letter from our lawyer to Comcast about it. I switched to Fastaccess a while ago, and it's been down once in three years. I get 800k/sec from my 6mbit connection. Pretty sweet.
To be fair, I've heard that Comcast has made the service better here, but I'm long gone as a customer.
Adam | |
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noone
| That's ok... I'll just ask Bellsouth to send the bill for the service to Google. | |
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cybercrimes
join:2003-12-24
Phoenixville, PA | charge more phone co will charge mor for dsl if you dont have there phone service that is wrong it like comcast charge more for cable internet access if you dont have cable tv | |
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roamer1
sticking it out at you
join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA
clubs:
| Re: charge more said by cybercrimes :phone co will charge mor for dsl if you dont have there phone service that is wrong it like comcast charge more for cable internet access if you dont have cable tv There's no nakedness here...in BellSouth territory, if you don't have phone service, you can't get DSL from BellSouth (or indie ISPs like Speed Factory that use BellSouth's DSLAMs) at all. 
-SC
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MeKuN
join:2004-07-21
Eugene, OR | Thx bellsouth No you dont have to have dial tone but we will charge you like you have it. Thx for using bellsouth, reach arounds are not included. | |
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brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL | bellcrap No bellcrap for me . Wow 1.5Mbs crud for $70 . I can get for $90 a month 8Mbs down 768 up with another ISP dry dsl. | |
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superht1
join:2001-02-22
Kennesaw, GA | Re: bellcrap 1.5/256k? You get more upload with SBC 1.5/384 and it's only 12.99. BS is insane. | |
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Alpine
Premium
join:2000-01-11
Atlanta, GA
| said by brianiscool :No bellcrap for me . Wow 1.5Mbs crud for $70 . I can get for $90 a month 8Mbs down 768 up with another ISP dry dsl. What does WiMax 1.5 cost with your ISP? What? They don't offer it? Imagine that...
Adam | |
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| sockhopper
join:2006-03-24
Spring Hill, FL | That $240/year extra I can do other things with. | |
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GhostDoggy
join:2005-05-11
Duluth, GA | $40 Premium for POTS? Hmm, a $40 premium charge for not having POTS, which costs less than $40. And someone at BellSouth really put their 'okee-dokee' on this marvelous announcement. That would be surplus manager #4 heading out the door. | |
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| adsldog
join:2000-12-01
Woodstock, GA | Re: $40 Premium for POTS? See my post above it has the correct prices. They do not charge $40 Premium for POTS. | |
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connaughtonj
join:2000-11-18
Fort Lauderdale, FL | Bellsouth been good for me Like ALPINE said, I too have Bellsouth and my connection has been rock solid, except for abt a 6 wk period in my 3rd month of svc. That turned out to be a card in the ONU. Since then it's been great and my cost is $32.95/month for IFITL. | |
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| sockhopper
join:2006-03-24
Spring Hill, FL
| Re: Bellsouth been good for me I have no complaints about Bellsouth either. The system has only gone down once in the 2-1/2 mos. we have had them for three hours in the early morning hours (some sort of upgrading work was going on, I found out later). Wouldn't have even known about it but our daughter is a nite owl (she works nights so is up all night when off). | |
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| | zapy2
join:2003-07-08
Fayetteville, GA
| Re: Bellsouth been good for me I have DSL with BellSouth and have a fix for that "no naked" deal.
Simply take and downgrade your local phone service to basic for about 17.45 / 27.00 w/taxes.
Next go and put your phone line on VACATION HOLD. bellsouth.com/vacation
In GA I paid a $20 fee to do this then it is supposed to be 50% of the phone line basic charge so for me about $8.73 a month. The DSL line is not dropped. You can do the vacation hold for up to 9 months. You also can have a recorded message telling your forwarding number. I had mine set to my Sunrocket.com VoIP phone.
I saved and have the best of both worlds. | |
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