Rob A
Same Old Jets
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join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ
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Re: Pricing
said by dvd536  :said by Rob A :said by dvd536 :Add in your POTS and all its associated bullshit fees and you're way over $40/month! POTS is not expensive. I get unlimited calling US and Canada WITH taxes for $48. Not that bad if you ask me. But with just about any cable company you can get wayyyyyy more than 3mbps for what you're spending but if you DON'T have a cellphone then i guess what you have is a pretty good deal with DSL. Personally, price is much more important to me than speed. I find 3Mbps plenty for what I do. Browsing the web is lightning fast, and I almost never download a file more than 10MB. I probably avg a total of 10-15MB a wk or less of total downloading. |
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Rob A
Same Old Jets
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join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ
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said by BF69 :said by Rob A :I will never understand cable companies pricings, it's like they don't even want to be competative. if you're the only game in town you don't have to be competitive. I feel bad for you guys. So mostly charter is just taking advantage of you guys because their is no one to challenge them and make them give reasonable prices. |
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markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO
 ·Charter Pipeline
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said by Rob A :said by markopoleo :said by Rob A :$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. Cheap to me, esp since its a free 6MB/s over the 10MB for the same price. Maybe YOU won't get the full speed but many do, i get better than advertised speeds. $80/month though? I mean, that is so steep. I personally think $50 is too much for 16Mbps. Very cheap, less than 2 years ago I was paying $240 a month for ISDN here before cable came around. |
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pabster
join:2001-12-09
Waterloo, IA
·Mediacom
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LOL. I get unlimited US/Canada calling for about $1.50 a month with my non-POTS solution. 
POTS is expensive, and it is ridiculous for the telco to require you to purchase it to get DSL service. |
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benc
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join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
·Charter Pipeline
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·Callcentric
 ·AT&T Midwest
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I mostly agree with that.
Where I live, Charter is the only option that costs less than $100.
I have Charter Business Internet for $67 and it's not very reliable. But, I can't expect them to because of a lack of an uptime guarantee. However it's bad enough that I have a dial-up account with Copper.net just in case Charter goes out. The dial-up as backup is good enough because while I don't *always* need fast downloads, I do like to be able to do basic things no matter what.
Truth be told, there are ALWAYS other options. T1 and higher is always an option, albeit a pricey one. The question is, are there other options in the sub-$100/mo. bracket?
If Charter charged $400/mo., then I'd just go for T1, and that's probably what everyone else would do, or just not get fast Internet (among those who don't consider it important).
All I know is that when my apartment lease expires, I'm making sure I can get DSL at the next apartment. Anyone else interested in the same thing can look at whitefence.com, which can tell you what you can get based on street address. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to Rob A
said by Rob A :I will never understand cable companies pricings, it's like they don't even want to be competative. if you're the only game in town you don't have to be competitive. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to Rob A
said by Rob A :said by dvd536 :Add in your POTS and all its associated bullshit fees and you're way over $40/month! POTS is not expensive. I get unlimited calling US and Canada WITH taxes for $48. Not that bad if you ask me. But with just about any cable company you can get wayyyyyy more than 3mbps for what you're spending but if you DON'T have a cellphone then i guess what you have is a pretty good deal with DSL.
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Rob A
Same Old Jets
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join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ
| reply to dvd536
said by dvd536 :Add in your POTS and all its associated bullshit fees and you're way over $40/month! POTS is not expensive. I get unlimited calling US and Canada WITH taxes for $48. Not that bad if you ask me. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
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said by Rob A :said by furlonium :said by Rob A :$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. I pay $72/month for 20/2 from RCN. Is that wayyyyyyyyyyy too much? No really, is it? haha! I don't mind paying. I say it is. My DSL is only 3Mbps/768K but it's only $24.99/month. And when fios becomes available I can get it for $29.99/month for 10Mbps/2Mbps. Add in your POTS and all its associated bullshit fees and you're way over $40/month!
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Rob A
Same Old Jets
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join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ
| reply to markopoleo
said by markopoleo :said by Rob A :$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. Cheap to me, esp since its a free 6MB/s over the 10MB for the same price. Maybe YOU won't get the full speed but many do, i get better than advertised speeds. $80/month though? I mean, that is so steep. I personally think $50 is too much for 16Mbps. |
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markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO
·Charter Pipeline
| reply to Rob A
said by Rob A :$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. Cheap to me, esp since its a free 6MB/s over the 10MB for the same price. Maybe YOU won't get the full speed but many do, i get better than advertised speeds. |
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Rob A
Same Old Jets
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join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ | reply to soothsayer15
I will never understand cable companies pricings, it's like they don't even want to be competative. |
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soothsayer15
join:2002-03-01
Irving, TX
| reply to Rob A
said by Rob A :said by furlonium :said by Rob A :$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. I pay $72/month for 20/2 from RCN. Is that wayyyyyyyyyyy too much? No really, is it? haha! I don't mind paying. I say it is. My DSL is only 3Mbps/768K but it's only $24.99/month. And when fios becomes available I can get it for $29.99/month for 10Mbps/2Mbps. On top of that, FIOS is $30 dollars cheaper for standalone for 15/2. I'm not sure how Charter sees that as competing. |
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Rob A
Same Old Jets
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join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ
| reply to furlonium
said by furlonium :said by Rob A :$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. I pay $72/month for 20/2 from RCN. Is that wayyyyyyyyyyy too much? No really, is it? haha! I don't mind paying. I say it is. My DSL is only 3Mbps/768K but it's only $24.99/month. And when fios becomes available I can get it for $29.99/month for 10Mbps/2Mbps. |
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JeffB
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join:2001-12-20
Somewhere
| reply to Rob A
said by Rob A :$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. Not in the area where I live! Charter can't even deliver 5M/512k service in Fort Worth. |
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furlonium
Computer Over? Virus equals Very Yes?
join:2002-05-08
Bethlehem, PA
| reply to Rob A
said by Rob A :$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. I pay $72/month for 20/2 from RCN. Is that wayyyyyyyyyyy too much?
No really, is it? haha! I don't mind paying.
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Rob A
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Pompton Plains, NJ | $80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. |
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