| DSL should get naked I don't make enough calls to warrent a land line as well as a cellular. My obvious choice was cable modem. DSL would have been viable if it were naked. Truth be told SBC is increasingly interested in offering bundled services. Lock down the customer on as many products as they can! |
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bac522
join:2003-08-04
Manchester, NH | said by Tiggercharm:
I don't make enough calls to warrent a land line as well as a cellular. My obvious choice was cable modem. DSL would have been viable if it were naked. Truth be told SBC is increasingly interested in offering bundled services. Lock down the customer on as many products as they can!
And your cable modem is not a force bundle  |
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 imrfPremium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI | said by bac522:And your cable modem is not a force bundle More than likely not. Most cable companies do not require you to have tv service to get internet, unlike SBC who requires an active phone line to get DSL otherwise your SOL, or you have to pay the Speakeasy "rape" charges for a naked service. |
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 RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | said by imrf:said by bac522:And your cable modem is not a force bundle More than likely not. Most cable companies do not require you to have tv service to get internet, unlike SBC who requires an active phone line to get DSL otherwise your SOL, or you have to pay the Speakeasy "rape" charges for a naked service. OTOH Cable Companies DO charge you a fee for not having their TV Service (ie: If you have both you get a "Discount" off your Cable Internet fee which is a way to make the fee not look like a penalty for having Naked Cable Internet). |
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imrfPremium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI | said by RARPSL:OTOH Cable Companies DO charge you a fee for not having their TV Service Some do some don't. Some charge $5, some $15. The hit for not having an SBC line is much more than the cable hit around here, your area may be different. |
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| Most major ones do though, thats the whole thing.
I don't feel so bad downloading TV episodes online when im paying $10 extra a month for NOT having TV. I download House, Alias, Scrubs. That about covers my $10 i don't want to pay.. |
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Some cable companies charge extra if you don't take cable from them for broadband internet. |
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