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kudos:3 | reply to nasadude
Re: TWC + E911 + Battery Backup for the Win! How about looking back just a few shorts moon passes. How much have people been paying for their service?
$39.99 a month (bundled price) is meant for people that fit into that model in the first place. It's designed for people that want and do make a good amount of long distance per month. Otherwise, TWC is NOT your best friend.
What is at issue here is "VALUE" - and $39.99 for those that fir the model of this product, it's a good value.
Again, too, I ask, how much did we pay for this level of service just a few short years ago? It actually used to (on average) cost more per month JUST TO HAVE long distance on your bill (the plan) than it did for the dial tone. That included no calls. That was just the monthly fees and taxes for the priveledges to pay 5 cents per minute. Then, how much do they charge for caller id in most areas? $7? Why? Becuase they know it's popular. Don't get me started... but the price of $39.99 which is a use it and forget it is not bad. The value for what they charge, for those that fit the plan, is certainly a very good price.
I don't tend to look at the lowest price as setting the curve for phone price and I am certainly not going to put my life in the hands of Vonage, packet 8, sunrocket, or any of the internet toys out there. I will pay for something that works and where the players behind the service put effort into it. TWC, Comcast, and the rest of the cable players actually monitor their systems. That's less that what can be said, even, about the products the phone company provides either.
So, what about the price again? |
