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Olympia, WA Reviews:
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Re: Great idea Is it really such a great idea for the consumer?
What happens in say five years when 3 - 7 megabits are at the very low end of the spectrum? Say Qwest, along with other companies are offering 30, 40, and 50 megabits. Will Qwest give me increased bandwidth without making me pay more or is their price for life offer limited to my current bandwidth? If not, then what's so good about it? Since I don't have it, I don't know but my guess is customers will have to pay for significant bandwidth increases especially when inflation will significantly cut into Qwest's profits.
The Qwest commercials make it seem like Comcast is always raising their prices for broadband, but since I've had cable with Comcast and it's predecessor ATTBI, the only price increase that I've experienced, is the increase which occurred after the six month introductory rate of $19.95. At that time it increased to $42.00 a month but that was no surprise, and the price has stayed constant ever since! In that same period of time, however, I've seen my bandwidth increase from 1.5/256 to 6/384. So Comcast has increased the bandwidth but not the price. Back when I had Qwest, before they dumped their users into MSN, I had a six month introductory rate with them as well. Am I to infer from Qwest's commercials that they do not offer an introductory rate any longer? I see it as just a marketing ploy, and nothing more. So much of it has to do with customer perception.
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