Dogfather
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join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA
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Re: Price is still an issue
Depends on your market. Not everyone can get $5.70 basic POTS. In my area it's $10+taxes and fees for a total of about $18.
But you can get away with metered service with DSL. With dialup I'd be paying $18 for unlimited local plus taxes. But even then, POTS plus cheap dial up is less than 1/2 the price of Verizon's cheapest DSL. |
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DOStradamus
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join:2003-11-04
Santa Rosa, CA
| Seeing that you mentioned Verizon in your second paragraph,
I'll say that the $5 rate + $5 in taxes (sarcasm about "unfees " intended) should be available in at least the CA/NV SBC-(stud)-serviced areas.
Heck, isn't FIOS coming to your Verizon-served SoCal neighborhood "Real Soon Now"?
Up here in Sonoma County (60 Mi North of SFO) there are two companies that provide broadband over a VHF or UHF radio link.
One, Broadlink, has a handful of towers that serve the Central part of the County. A point in their favor, is that they primarily transport Sonic.net ISP services.
The other, RDS (IIRC), is aggressively trying to provide service to every corner of the county where the see a decent potential market. They claim that they also have some 900 MHz hardware that can do 768K symetrical twenty miles or more from their tower.
What I need to do, is get rich enough to order me my very own "big dunb pipe" --- A DS3 with an SLA guaranteeing restoral of service in time to be dealt into the very next hand. I have a process I should be able to patent --
"A procedure for autologous recycling of the by-products resulting from the digital cleaning of the passages that serve olfactory sensors."
I dare anyone to provide the "prior artwork" needed to deny issuance!
-NK |
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said by Dogfather  :Depends on your market. Not everyone can get $5.70 basic POTS. In my area it's $10+taxes and fees for a total of about $18. But you can get away with metered service with DSL. With dialup I'd be paying $18 for unlimited local plus taxes. But even then, POTS plus cheap dial up is less than 1/2 the price of Verizon's cheapest DSL. The cheapest POTS line we can get (without the extortive "line insurance" package) now exceeds $20.00 per month with taxes, for measured service. Verizon (GTE) has always been permitted to charge 50-200% more for their services in California. Our city didn't have to "lower" its utility tax either.
Come January 2009, though, all bets are off. We'll probably see these low-end services increase dramatically in price, and various "bundles" we don't want offered in their stead.
We'll be keeping our POTS at almost any price. We have just enough drug dealing, gang shootings, home-invasion type activity on our block to justify the payment for real 911 response. |
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Ark
join:2002-06-08
Hudsonville, MI
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to Dogfather
said by Dogfather :Depends on your market. Not everyone can get $5.70 basic POTS. In my area it's $10+taxes and fees for a total of about $18. But you can get away with metered service with DSL. With dialup I'd be paying $18 for unlimited local plus taxes. But even then, POTS plus cheap dial up is less than 1/2 the price of Verizon's cheapest DSL. In Michigan, the cheapest is around $24:
Monthly Service - Jun 10 thru Jul 9
Call Plan 50 13.93
Zone Service 1.69
Federal Access Charge 5.37
Total Monthly Service 20.99
Local Calls
Call Plan 50
2 Call(s) were placed this month
50 Call(s) were allowed
Surcharges and Other Fees
9-1-1 Emergency System
Billed for Ottawa .22
Federal Universal Service Fee .60
Total Surcharges and Other Fees .82
Taxes
Federal at 3% .65
State at 6% 1.31
Total Taxes 1.96
Total Plans and Services 23.77 |
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Dogfather
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join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | reply to DOStradamus
I have FiOS at my other house in Corona. In Orange County I have Cox (that market it served by AT&T). |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | reply to Dogfather
Minimum for a POTS like here is around $25. |
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Geminimind
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join:2003-12-20
Sacramento, CA | reply to Ark
att is the cheapest here in Sacramento with the lowest 24.99 and you don't have to have a phone line. |
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