 wmcbrine213 251 145 96
join:2002-12-30
Laurel, MD
3 edits | Catch hell? No, sounds dead right to me. Only, I wouldn't put it down to "greed", exactly... you just can't expect people to keep paying a premium for no benefit, other than the vague good feeling of not supporting the local duopolies. And you can't expect third-party providers to be able to compete with the phonecos, when they're also their customers.
I was on Covad DSL for several years... paying $50 for 1500/128. I finally switched to Verizon once they deployed Fios here -- $35 for 5000/2000. I'm not crazy about bankrolling people who want to destroy the Internet as we know it, but I can't match the price/performance ratio elsewhere. What to do?
P.S. The sad thing, though, is the people who don't know any better. Like my young neighbor, who thought that if I wasn't on Comcast, then I must be on Verizon (I was on Covad at the time). I'd even say, "Covad", and she'd say "Comcast?". (Of course, she also knew about AOL, and had been their customer.) |
