1 edit | Under AT&T/BellSouth merger this ends, right? This policy of charging more for naked DSL than a phone/dsl pkg is over with the new merger approval. Aren't the newspapers late to the story here?
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 Michieru2zzz zzz zzzPremium
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Miami, FL | The merger is between AT&T & Bellsouth so if I am not mistaken it would only apply in Bellsouth territories not in others. |
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3 edits | said by Michieru2:The merger is between AT&T & Bellsouth so if I am not mistaken it would only apply in Bellsouth territories not in others. The FCC order APPEARS to apply to both AT&T and Bell South territory according to this paragraph:
»hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a···75A1.pdf
3. Within twelve months of the Merger Closing Date, AT&T/BellSouth will make available in its in-region territory an ADSL service capable of speeds up to 768 Kbps to ADSL-capable customers without requiring customers such to also purchase circuit switched voice grade telephone service ("Stand Alone 768 Kbps service").
AT&T/BellSouth will continue to offer the 768 Kbps service in a state for thirty months after the "Stand Alone 768 Kbps Implementation Date" for that state.
For purposes of this commitment, the "Stand Alone 768 Kbps Implementation Date" for a state shall be the date on which AT&T/BellSouth can offer the Stand Alone 768 Kbps service to eighty percent of the ADSL-capable premises in AT&TBellSouth's in-region territory in that state. The stand Alone 768 Kbps service will be offered at a rate of not more than $19.95 per month (exclusive of regulatory fees and taxes). --
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RTFA. They mention this. |
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I hardly think that $20 bucks for 768kb connection is a fair price, when you were able to get 1.5mb for just $14 bucks a while ago.
That's not a concession, it's a joke. |
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Mechanicsville, VA | reply to fAcEtIOUs
Up to 768k?? That is NOOOOO concession. If they had said "every speed package", then that would be a concession.
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The fact that the FCC required a maximum of 768 tier, that again shows a failure of the FCC to protect the consumer. I can't wait for American Thieves & Thugs to come back and tell the consumer that it's a technical reason why only 768 can be offered naked. Of course, they will have a hard time with that as Qwest has been doing it for years now, WITHOUT the FCC making them.
The fact that a speed was mentioned AT-ALL in the deal means that someone was in the pocket of the phone company as well.
This is the time where at&t sits on their hands, shuts the F up and accepts the terms of the deal ... either take it, or leave it.
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| It's also disappointing that they only have to offer it for 30 months. I mean wtf? This is a concession? BS!
So, you'll be able to get naked DSL, at the same price as it would cost now, or very close to it, for bundled service... BUT it will max out at 768 down and will only be for 30 months tops.
Great deal.... NOT.... 
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