ColorBASIC
8-bit Fun
Premium
join:2006-12-29
Corona, CA | Cheaper than having to have POTS
And decent upload speed for $40. |
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ossito16
join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN
 ·RCN CABLE
| Not much longer
I can't take this anymore. Do these companies listen to the customer at all? Why do we deal with this crap? These prices are way to high these days, internet usage has increased so much since the old school AOL, compuserve, and prodigy days. The prices should be similar to long distance phone calls, almost free at this point. Connections should all be symmetrical with none of the "last mile" crap. Everyone should have it regardless of the median income of their neighborhood. I wish FCC would stop selling bandwidth and setup a true north american internet system supported by usa, canada, mexico. |
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Boricua65
join:2002-01-26
Puerto Rico | AT&T....
are you listenting? Per FCC to allow the merger with Bell South, you are to offer naked DSL. What's going on and what is taking so long? |
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Cabal
Premium
join:2007-01-21
Boston, MA
| reply to ossito16
Re: Not much longer
said by ossito16  :I can't take this anymore. Do these companies listen to the customer at all? Why do we deal with this crap? These prices are way to high these days, internet usage has increased so much since the old school AOL, compuserve, and prodigy days. The prices should be similar to long distance phone calls, almost free at this point. Connections should all be symmetrical with none of the "last mile" crap. Everyone should have it regardless of the median income of their neighborhood. I wish FCC would stop selling bandwidth and setup a true north american internet system supported by usa, canada, mexico. This isn't serious, right?
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Mactron
el camino Real
Premium
join:2001-12-16
CM94sv
| reply to ColorBASIC
Re: Cheaper than having to have POTS
said by ColorBASIC :And decent upload speed for $40. Only by ~$10-12 than my Metered dial tone & 3000/768 DSL. Plus I have real 911. Reverse 911 is a significant plus when you live down wind of a Nuclear power plant. 
Maybe best of all... No Contract ! 
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If only the Verizon CSRs worked this well. |
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warriors
It's A Great Time Out
join:2001-06-05
Alviso, CA
| reply to Boricua65
Re: AT&T....
said by Boricua65 :are you listenting? Per FCC to allow the merger with Bell South, you are to offer naked DSL. What's going on and what is taking so long? Naked DSL will probably the same price as landlind + DSL anyway. |
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fatness
subtle
Janitor
join:2000-11-17
fishing
 ·EarthLink
Host:
Earthlink DSL
TekSavvy
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Note that we had to call India to find the 3-month detail on the 3Mbps tier, as both the press release & website omit that.
That's not surprising, sadly. Earthlink is farming out the rest of their US support shortly: »Earthlink is outsourcing the last of it's US techs
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jloor
join:2001-09-14
New Brunswick, NJ | Not terrible
if you do the math, its $27.45/month for the contract period. You can switch or renew a contract after that so your not stuck paying $40/month. Now the question is do they have any install fees or any recovery or FCC monthly fees? |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to ossito16
Re: Not much longer
Yikes.
I am sure every ISP would be thrilled to start charging you by the byte, just like "long distance phone calls".
Be careful what you rant for. |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to Boricua65
Re: AT&T....
They already offer it. |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to jloor
Re: Not terrible
They are charging for the installation kit, and also mention "access fees", which has the faint aroma of "ups and extras" as Earl Scheib used to day. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| Regular price not so bad
Considering those of us living in former Bellsouth territory are paying $37.99 for 3 Meg and you HAVE to have phone service which at minimum will cost you $17 a month. That's including all fees and taxes. Charter charges $43.99 for 3 Meg. Also the upload for BS 3 Meg is 384 kbps and Charter's is 256 kbps. So $40 for naked DSL 3Mbps/768kbps is pretty good. |
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NewMariner
join:2005-06-24
| reply to ossito16
Re: Not much longer
said by ossito16 :I can't take this anymore. Do these companies listen to the customer at all? Why do we deal with this crap? These prices are way to high these days, internet usage has increased so much since the old school AOL, compuserve, and prodigy days. The prices should be similar to long distance phone calls, almost free at this point. Connections should all be symmetrical with none of the "last mile" crap. Everyone should have it regardless of the median income of their neighborhood. I wish FCC would stop selling bandwidth and setup a true north american internet system supported by usa, canada, mexico. I cant take these socialist anymore! Im buying you a one way ticket to China! |
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JoelC707
join:2002-07-09
Tucson, AZ
clubs:
| Typo or what?
1.5Mbps/768kbps DSL for $14.95 per month for six months, after which the price skyrockets to $39.95 per month 3Mbps/768kbps service starts at $19.95 for three months, after which it's hiked to $39.95 Anyone else notice the after intro price for those two service levels? Assuming it is not a typo, who would go for the 1.5 service when the 3.0 service is the same cost? This is of course ignoring the fact that the 3.0's intro price is $5 more and only lasts half the time as the 1.5 (3 months vs. 6 months). |
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Boricua65
join:2002-01-26
Puerto Rico
| reply to RadioDoc
Re: AT&T....
said by RadioDoc :They already offer it. Yes, but not at the price per merger stipulations. It supposed to be $19.95 not $44.99. |
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d_l
Barsoom
Premium,MVM
join:2002-12-08
Reno, NV | You know that $19.95 rate will only get you 768/128 speeds? |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | He doesn't care...he's been ranting about that for months now. |
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xrobertcmx
Premium
join:2001-06-18
Sterling, VA
clubs: 
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| reply to NewMariner
Re: Not much longer
I don't believe that statement is socialist. I look at broadband now the same way I look at electric and telephone. It is a utility that is necessary. Just try finding a job now without internet access, good luck. My last job search was entirely online because the one company out there that included a fax your resume to this number called me back to have me fill out their online application.
The job of the government should at least be to protect the public, and leaving one segment out will simply result in them falling further and further behind economically.
Oh, and China is communist. Communism is not Socialism. Just like a Democracy is not a Republic.
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xrobertcmx
Premium
join:2001-06-18
Sterling, VA
clubs:
·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| reply to warriors
Re: AT&T....
Nope, I signed up for this just the other week when I boought a new house. Verizon wanted me to sign up for both DSL and POTS and that would have ended up in a bill of around $19.95 for 6 months and then $29.99 for the DSL and about the same for the telephone, without a promo period.
The best deal Verizon offers is $99.00 for DSL, DirecTV, and POTS.
I signed up DirecTV anyways (Sorry Comcast, you are way to expensive and 384K is not a realistic upload anymore.) but went with Earthlink for $19.95 for the fist 3 months and then $39.95 thereafter. Verizon and Earthlink both required a 1 year lock in.
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| reply to Mactron
Re: Cheaper than having to have POTS
Living down wind from a Nuclear power plant I doubt you're going to have time to call 911 in the event of something happening to it. I live near First Energy's Davis Besse and in the event of anything happening to it my county only has 25 minutes and there's not a chance in hell 911 is going to be a number I'm going to be calling in that 25 minutes. |
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