TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ |  New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch
The new lower tiers are priced such that they could get a large number of users to switch from dial-up. And the price drops on their faster tiers could get some users to switch from cable as well. |
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The Beer
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
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join:2001-07-24
Omaha, NE
clubs: | Yes and when the promotional price is over they will switch back.
If Qwest would have a respectful product at a good price they would not have this problem.
Just beat Cox with thier everyday price and be done with it. |
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Chewyrobbo
join:2005-04-12
Tacoma, WA | Thank you, At my GF's house she has dsl and the only tier available is 1.5, and we live in a pretty populated area, at my house i have the upgraded Comcast, BIIIIGGG difference. I wish Qworst would do some upgrades. |
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nutcr0cker
join:2003-04-02
Chandler, AZ
| Qwest and lower prices!
What the hell are they talking about the new tiers are only;y applicable if you have their bloated expensive crap aka the landline that cost about 24$ a month additional so for getting 14.99 for 1.5 mbps you pay 14.99+23.47 = 38.44. I would not call this a lower price exactly |
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
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join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
 ·Armstrong Zoom In..
 ·AT&T Midwest
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Re: New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch
said by TKJunkMail  :The new lower tiers are priced such that they could get a large number of users to switch from dial-up. And the price drops on their faster tiers could get some users to switch from cable as well. I'm willing to say no. The dial-up users don't want to "spend that much money" on internet access. If they can find something for $9.99 a month, they'll stick. Trust me I have an Aunt and Uncle like that, they won't spend the extra $10 a month and get basic DSL, oh and you can throw a rock at their CO from their house.
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gworkman7
join:2005-10-18
Vail, AZ | When I switched...
They offered me a small discount for 3 months. I replied.."That's great, but then after the 3 months I'll be right back where I started from". They aren't competitve with Cox. Their DSL rates are decent, but the landline charges are attrocious. |
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WiseOldNerd
De gustibus non est disputandum
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join:2001-11-25
Phoenix, AZ
·Cox HSI
·Qwest.net
·Charter Pipeline
| Price Can't Overcome Lack of Service
Qwest can lower the price all they want, but if they are unable to deliver the speeds because their copper is old, then they still won't get customers. I left them for Charter in Oregon and Cox in Phoenix and couldn't be happier.
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swarto112
join:2004-02-17
Tampa, FL | that's been the price
I switched a couple months ago to Qwest and that's what the prices were then so I don't believe this is a major change. |
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viperlmw
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join:2005-01-25
·Qwest.net
| reply to dslwanter
Re: New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch
said by dslwanter :said by TKJunkMail :The new lower tiers are priced such that they could get a large number of users to switch from dial-up. And the price drops on their faster tiers could get some users to switch from cable as well. I'm willing to say no. The dial-up users don't want to "spend that much money" on internet access. If they can find something for $9.99 a month, they'll stick. Trust me I have an Aunt and Uncle like that, they won't spend the extra $10 a month and get basic DSL, oh and you can throw a rock at their CO from their house. Yea, lots of these people still have Win98 machines, because 'this one works just fine!'. I put some old parts of mine into my mother-in-law's machine, enough that it would run Vista, but she still won't switch from dial-up. |
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
·AT&T DSL Service
| reply to dslwanter
said by dslwanter :said by TKJunkMail :The new lower tiers are priced such that they could get a large number of users to switch from dial-up. And the price drops on their faster tiers could get some users to switch from cable as well. I'm willing to say no. The dial-up users don't want to "spend that much money" on internet access. If they can find something for $9.99 a month, they'll stick. Trust me I have an Aunt and Uncle like that, they won't spend the extra $10 a month and get basic DSL, oh and you can throw a rock at their CO from their house. I see you've been reading the minds of our marketing department. Yes, for $9.99 (which is really $10, we all know that), people have no problem paying for faster Internet service. Even a lowly 768 kbps connection is light years faster than "dial, then redial" 28k to 53k service. 
Customers are very happy with the speed difference because anything double that of dial up is actually noticeable to them. Unlike going from 6 MB to 10MB for the "average Joe" user anyway. Power users, of course, notice the difference. 
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skitterybob
join:2007-10-31
Minneapolis, MN
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/start rant/
I second that. I am surrounded by DSL. My block and the next block east of me don't because we're all on pair gain. If you go 900' any direction from my house and DSL is available because those areas aren't pair gain. Dang Qwest won't redo the lines to remove the pair gain. Do some upgrades!
/end rant/
I can see where Qwest is coming from in my situation though. It's not worth it to do all the work for what will amount to a few new DSL subscribers. |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
·Qwest.net
1 edit | reply to dslwanter
Thank You!
Instead of bitching about this I say thank you for saving me some money. Yes I have bundle pricing which I am perfectly happy with. I'll I have heard about is Cox has this Comcast has that bla-bla-bla. I am now going sit back and wait for the "well in Japan they have a 100,000,000,000,000 Mbps connection for $3.95, grr, snarl, row, gritting teeth...
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IowaStudent
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join:2008-08-21
Grinnell, IA
·Mediacom
·Iowa Telecom
| reply to nutcr0cker
Re: Qwest and lower prices!
Exactly, We left Iowa Telecom for Mediacom after we got tired of paying $60 a month just for Internet access and of course $30 of that was for a phoneline which never got used and 1.5 Mb DSL plus, they had Interleaved turned on at the DSLAM which made the connection even worse 50 MS from my router to there core router and now I0 13 MS with Mediacom |
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TF
join:2008-12-17 | Lower prices for ATT Customers As well?
Is Qwest price cuts just the beginning? Will we soon see others such as ATT and Cox begin dropping theirs?
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ja2007123
join:2007-10-06 | Hmmmm
$24 for 7Mbps
that's a bargain. Considering I'm paying that same amount for 768Kbps/128Kbps.
Damn you Bellsouth. |
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Corydon
Cultivant son jardin
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join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO
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·Comcast
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Re: Lower prices for ATT Customers As well?
said by TF :Is Qwest price cuts just the beginning? Will we soon see others such as ATT and Cox begin dropping theirs? I'd imagine that this is partly a response to the economy, but partly also an admission that Qwest has trouble competing against triple play offers. Verizon and AT&T have made it quite clear that they intend to compete with the cable companies on the quality of the services offered (FiOS and U-Verse) rather than on price, and the cable companies themselves are the same way.
While I would anticipate that all of these companies will make sure they have less expensive "value" tiers available to retain customers in temporary financial straits, they probably won't market them too heavily.
On the plus side, this means that if you feel you can cut back your services a bit, you can probably get yourself a permanent reduction in your bill if you call in to your ISP and give them a hard luck story.
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jesseb_66
join:2002-12-06
Tucson, AZ
1 edit | reply to WiseOldNerd
Re: Price Can't Overcome Lack of Service
Agreed. I live in Tucson AZ with in city limits and can only get 1.5mbps from Qwest. Before this I lived in Vermont... I was able to get Verizon's 3 mbps service in a little podunk town with maybe 10000 residence over 5 years ago...
Tucson's population is greater than the entire state of VT and they can't offer anything more?
I of course have Cox cable as Qwest is not even competition. |
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azjerry
join:2002-12-04
Phoenix, AZ
1 edit | it's all relative
I'm paying $47/month (including modem rental) for their fastest 3M VDSL Choice Online service. If they ever get around to replacing the RT at the end of my block where the fiber ends I could more than double my speed, get a free modem and save $10/month ($22 if I get the promotional rate). |
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Streetlight
join:2005-11-07
Colorado Springs, CO
1 edit | As usual, what's the upload speeds?
I am in a Qwest state and get almost daily ads from Qwest in the mail or newspaper giving their costs for various download speeds. They never give upload speeds. Apparently, regardless of download speed, uploads are limited to about 800 + kbit/sec. Something about a limitation of their ADSL technology.
If one needs to upload large files, say to a web site you maintain, etc., this could be a consideration. Qwest connections also apparently have very poor latency which is very important for gamers. Again, something to do with their technology.
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26
·Embarq
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Re: New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch
said by TKJunkMail :The new lower tiers are priced such that they could get a large number of users to switch from dial-up. And the price drops on their faster tiers could get some users to switch from cable as well. At any point during the earth's rotation, some regions are dark while others benefit from sunlight.
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