Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs: 
| While I subscribe to both
their HSI and Tv service, I haven't and won't be going with their CDV.
I can't really justify their 40.00 per month price tag for it, especially when there are other options out there that fill this gap.
While no one can argue with the success they're having with subscriber growth, I think if they made their triple play package prices more attractive for current customers..they could realize a lot more.
Their 99.00 mo/ special (Hsi, digital tv and cdv) for new customers goes to something like 140 or maybe even 150.00 after the special ends. I'd like to see them come down to about 120.00 as a package price for existing customers.
They'd still be getting their full hsi and tv prices..and another 20.00 on top of that for the phone service and put them in better competition with Vonage..at&t callvantage and verizons voip service.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| I couldn't agree more.
Their price/month is basically the same as that for POTS.
Vonage, Skype, hell, even AT&T Call Vantage is $25/month.
I don't need to pay $20/month for 'prioritized' service. I've had very little issue with Skype on a 2Mbps (1.6 throughput) - capped DSL line... with a 6-12Mbps cable line, I should have less issues, w/o having to pay POTS style pricing.
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sullim4
join:2003-05-18
Redmond, WA
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Verizon Online DSL
·Comcast
| reply to Rick
Indeed. Over the past 4 months Comcast has sent me at least 15 mailings and made a couple phone calls trying to get me to sign up for CDV. Their intro price is great at $19.99 but there's no way I'll pay $40 after 6 months. POTS with Verizon is only a couple bucks more (and that includes voicemail, caller id, and call waiting).
For $14.99 (which has now risen to $18 with tax), Vonage provides an excellent value and while the latency sometimes gets annoying, it's not worth paying $20+ more per month to fix it. |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to Rick
said by Rick  :Their 99.00 mo/ special (Hsi, digital tv and cdv) for new customers goes to something like 140 or maybe even 150.00 after the special ends. I'd like to see them come down to about 120.00 as a package price for existing customers. They'd still be getting their full hsi and tv prices..and another 20.00 on top of that for the phone service and put them in better competition with Vonage..at&t callvantage and verizons voip service. And that is what causes a lot of problems. Special intro rates that go way up at the end of the promo.
As for their phone service, do they supply a UPS for a self install? |
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