JTRockville
Data Ho
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join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
clubs:
 ·LINGO
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·surpasshosting
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to DoRight
Re: NEW ~ FiOS INTERNET PREMIUM SPEED PACKAGES
said by DoRight  :Remember this price is with a voice line also. Does ANY bare-bones voice line qualify, or do you have to have a beefed up calling package? |
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KA3SGM
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join:2006-01-17
West Chester, PA
clubs:
·Cricket Broadband
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to deblin
said by deblin :said by eco :said by Raven313 :OMG... 15Mb symmetrical Internet for $65/mo is "price gouging"?? That's the most outrageous statement ever. They're charging me more than my neighbor because my state is less competitive. What do you call it? There is a special forum for you. Go post there. I'm sure you'll get tons of sympathy from the people who have Cable, DSL or Dial-up.  deblin, sorry, I don't buy the special forum claim crap you are trying to justify, this is not a rant and rave, I think this is dead on topic and glaringly obvious, one press release that details the same pricing,
one speed tier for the less desirables, one tier for Verizon's chosen ones.
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eco
Premium
join:2001-11-28
Wilmington, DE
| reply to Raven313
Think of it this way: do you not think the state government would throw a shit fit if Verizon started charging suburban northern DE less than country folk in rural southern DE? Of course they would and that's why the price is uniform statewide. Why is the issue any different when the difference is state lines? |
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Yuuichi
@verizon.net
| Even though I'm one of the people who complains the most about the uneven price structure, I'd like to point out that if you had listened in your high school civics class you would understand the difference between the state and federal government. If you had, you would know the reason why I state has the right to enforce an even pricing scheme, and yet the federal government doesn't.
Maybe if James Madison had been just a bit more persuasive, we might be able to force ISPs to give even rates across the country. |
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DoRight
join:2007-07-20
Mechanicsburg, PA | reply to JTRockville
any is fine... |
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Raven313
join:2001-12-17
Crofton, MD
| reply to eco
said by eco :Why is the issue any different when the difference is state lines? The whole point of state lines is to draw governance boundaries. By your logic, Verizon should be forced to charge the exact same price for the exact same product in every square inch of the country. |
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deblin
Dark Side of the Moon
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join:2001-09-01
Middletown, DE
| reply to KA3SGM
How is it anything but a rant? You are welcome to move to New York and pay many hundreds of dollars more per month in house costs/etc. No one is stopping you from moving there to get that extra 5mbit of speed.
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Raven313
join:2001-12-17
Crofton, MD | reply to DoRight
With no Verizon phone plan and without signing a contract, how much would 15/15 cost? |
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DoRight
join:2007-07-20
Mechanicsburg, PA | I'm glad you asked.. $77.99 a month with no voice and no contract,, |
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KA3SGM
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join:2006-01-17
West Chester, PA
clubs:
·Cricket Broadband
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to deblin
said by deblin :How is it anything but a rant? You are welcome to move to New York and pay many hundreds of dollars more per month in house costs/etc. No one is stopping you from moving there to get that extra 5mbit of speed. Who's talking NYC, NJ gets the same deal, I am sure Camden has higher living costs than Wilmington,DE or Suburban Philadelphia. 
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eco
Premium
join:2001-11-28
Wilmington, DE
| reply to Yuuichi
You all seem to be assuming I want to force Verizon to charge a certain price. I don't. I'm just stating my opinion of the unfair nature of Verizon's state by state pricing scheme given that where I live is just as densely populated as many places in NJ. |
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deblin
Dark Side of the Moon
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join:2001-09-01
Middletown, DE
| reply to KA3SGM
said by KA3SGM :said by deblin :How is it anything but a rant? You are welcome to move to New York and pay many hundreds of dollars more per month in house costs/etc. No one is stopping you from moving there to get that extra 5mbit of speed. Who's talking NYC, NJ gets the same deal, I am sure Camden has higher living costs than Wilmington,DE or Suburban Philadelphia. Ok move there. Enjoy your $10,000 tax bill. 
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deblin
Dark Side of the Moon
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join:2001-09-01
Middletown, DE
| reply to eco
said by eco :You all seem to be assuming I want to force Verizon to charge a certain price. I don't. I'm just stating my opinion of the unfair nature of Verizon's state by state pricing scheme given that where I live is just as densely populated as many places in NJ. And yet, if you were in an area getting 20/20, you'd be happy and not complaining. Please don't insult our intelligence.
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eco
Premium
join:2001-11-28
Wilmington, DE | Of course I'd be happy and not complaining. That doesn't mean I'd think it was fair. |
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deblin
Dark Side of the Moon
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join:2001-09-01
Middletown, DE
| said by eco :Of course I'd be happy and not complaining. That doesn't mean I'd think it was fair. I doubt you'd give it even a passing thought if you were on the other side of the fence.
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SGR
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join:2003-05-19
Lutherville Timonium, MD
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1 edit | reply to DoRight
Sweet! Apparently the representative I spoke to the other night was wrong. He claimed MD wouldn't see this until mid 2008. Of course I said 20/20 so who knows. |
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ZaRRaZa
join:2005-12-04
Norway
2 edits | reply to DoRight
so does ct has 15/15 or 20/20 or both? in anyway i would F with either one. With speeds like that i would be all set for the rest of the life...
p.s. If really only Greenwich in CT has it... then its so messed up....  I would have to stick with my 15/2 cox for ever. I heard they increasing upstream to 4 Mbps only in 2010... |
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houkouonchi
join:2002-07-22
Corona, CA
clubs:
·AT&T U-Verse
 ·DSL EXTREME
·OCN
·Pacific Bell - SBC
 ·Charter Pipeline
1 edit | reply to KenAF
said by KenAF
Many customers in VA already have 30/5 for $55/mo so for them this may not be the greatest deal. You pay $10/mo more for half the downstream and 3x the upstream.
Just be aware that you won't see that full 15Mbps upstream outside of your region. When transferring files across the country (east coast to west), you'll rarely see more than 5Mbps.
Um... wrong! Sure with some default OS settings you won't see awesome speeds across the country but with some tweaking you can definitely get good speeds from outside of the country or across th ecountry.
Here is from California -> New York.
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Chugging along on 3x 6016/768k DSL Extreme DSL lines for a combined total of just under 16 meg download and 1900 up. yay! |
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SGR
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join:2003-05-19
Lutherville Timonium, MD
clubs:
| reply to DoRight
Come to think of it, I wonder if the 30/5 and 50/5 packages will remain. At around $100 more its not much of a deal anymore considering the upload is nothing compared to 15 or 20 for much cheaper. Perhaps speed tiers of 30/30 and 50/50 are in our future as well? |
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Dnepr
join:2001-11-28
Tarpon Springs, FL | reply to DoRight
Good news.
15 $ increase for 15 more Megabits of upload.
Worth it to me.  |
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