SBC $19.95 DSL Deal > Why can't we just get DSL for this price

Why can't we just get DSL for this price

Because other companies waste their time being greedy or catoring only to the weathly areas.

Look at what you can get from Cox for $29.99 in Las Vegas:
»www.cox.com/LasVegas/highspeedin···alue.asp
A great 256K/128K connection! Wow, so fast! Oh wait, thats $39.99 because you have to rent the modem on top of that!

I suppose its only fair to look at the regular package at »www.cox.com/LasVegas/highspeedin···rred.asp which totals 49.99 afer modem rental and gives you 4.0/256 - but look closer: 7.5 Gigabyte transfer limit per month!
According to google »www.google.com/search?q=7.5+GB%2···n+Kb%2Fs thats ALMOST 24Kb/s! You would be better off on a 33.6K dialup for half the price!

reply to Admj
Because incumbants don't compete against each other.

So what happened to competition?

reply to oliphant
I've had SBC DSL for 1.5 years now and its been rock-solid stable and very dependable. Its also a good deal. I have 1500-down/384-up for $26.95/month. The price isn't a special either. It'll be the same as long as I keep the service.

reply to Admj
FCC, corrupt politicians and corproations with tons of lobbying $$$$$.
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reply to Admj

I had PacBell's (now SBC) DSL for around 14 months (12-1999 to 3-2001) and when I saw how fast Cox Cable was I switched very quickly! DSL is so darned slow.

reply to DSL_Steve
That's a great price. VZ and their resellers (eg DSLX) are at $30. $20 is an absolute steal.
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reply to Admj
I'm paying $55/month for 1.5x256. I could get it for $5 less per month if I really didn't give a damn about the ISP, though. Everything else is more expensive.

reply to oliphant

No...I can do just fine without the propaganda thanks.