Pricing in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18961760 en Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:06:14 EDT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:06:14 EDT Re: Pricing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18966041 Rob A :
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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. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18966041 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:52:07 EDT Re: Pricing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18966032 Rob A :
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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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18966032 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:50:35 EDT Re: Pricing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18964889 markopoleo :
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$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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18964889 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:21:41 EDT Re: Pricing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18964844 pabster : LOL. I get unlimited US/Canada calling for about $1.50 a month with my non-POTS solution. :D

POTS is expensive, and it is ridiculous for the telco to require you to purchase it to get DSL service.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18964844 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:11:34 EDT Re: Pricing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18963941 benc : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18963941 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:26:26 EDT Re: Pricing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18963359 BF69 :
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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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18963359 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:32:52 EDT Re: Pricing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18963307 dvd536 :
said by Rob A See Profile :

said by dvd536 See Profile :

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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said by dvd536 See Profile :

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. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18963196 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:04:05 EDT Re: Pricing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18963157 dvd536 :
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said by Rob A See Profile :

$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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said by markopoleo See Profile :

said by Rob A See Profile :

$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. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18962765 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:57:58 EDT Re: Pricing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18962743 markopoleo :
said by Rob A See Profile :

$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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18962743 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:55:26 EDT Re: Pricing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18962713 Rob A : I will never understand cable companies pricings, it's like they don't even want to be competative.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18962713 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:52:07 EDT Re: Pricing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18962445 soothsayer15 :
said by Rob A See Profile :

said by furlonium See Profile :

said by Rob A See Profile :

$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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18962445 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:16:09 EDT Re: Pricing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18962079 Rob A :
said by furlonium See Profile :

said by Rob A See Profile :

$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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18962079 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:12:45 EDT Re: Pricing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18962055 JeffB :
said by Rob A See Profile :

$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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18962055 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:09:14 EDT Re: Pricing http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18961885 furlonium :
said by Rob A See Profile :

$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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