said by Rick 
:eyes glazing over trying to decipher this endless price games crap being thrown out..primarily by the telco industry? (although I don't totally absolve the cable co's either).
Why..can't someone just say..I want 1500k dsl..no landlines..no nothing..and get it for a reasonable price?
Or..768k.
Or..3,000k.
Or..whatever.
It seems to me that telco is missing out on a HUGE opportunity to REALLY do something to stem the loss of revenues from their mind blowing loss of landlines.
Instead of trying to force them down peoples throats anymore..they should let their lower tier DSL serve as the replacement for those revenues.
Telco OWNS the lower speed HSI market..and simply doesn't further capitalize on it by simply saying if you want 1500k dsl for 20.00 a month..Here..you can have it.
That is a TOTAL replacement for those lost landline revenues...and you get to keep the customers.
People who might otherwise sign up for that many times go to cable Hsi because there is one thing they CAN do..and that is to add.
And, when you add the landline that they don't want..PLUS the lower cost dsl..you just might as well pay 42.95 a month to comcast to get the kinds of speeds we get.
While I guess there is some give on telco's part in certain areas, just way too much of this is way too secretive, and depends on who you call and at what time.
Honestly, I read through these telco forums here at BBR and wonder how some people have the time to do all the negotiating they need to with these companies to get a deal.
And, Lord help them when the specials end.
It's off to the races for Ma Bell.
Listen up Telco's.
768k unbundled..no landline..totally naked..15 to 20 a month
1500k to 3,000k..24.95.
Forget the games. The shenanigans...you'll have a really big winner on your hands..
and will make up for all your lost landline customers fleeing you like passengers off the decks of the titanic.
AT&T is now the largest telecom company in the world, with $120 billion in revenues and more than 100 million customers
