CableTool
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Re: The Comcast Newsgroups Service Discontinued
said by beerbum  :so will Comcast be reducing our bills since the equivalent service from Giganews is $7.99 per month? Did your rate increase $7.99 when newsgroup access was added to accounts?
"hahahaha I doubt it."
Also when did Comcast raise CHSI prices?
Now you have to pay $8.00 a month for service you were previously getting for free. Chances are you will not and many will not.
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| said by CableTool :said by beerbum :so will Comcast be reducing our bills since the equivalent service from Giganews is $7.99 per month? Did your rate increase $7.99 when newsgroup access was added to accounts? I've been a Comcast HSI subscriber for eight years, and newsgroups have been a part of the package Comcast has marketed that whole time. Also when did Comcast raise CHSI prices? I'm not sure how that's relevant, since we're talking about reduction in services without a commiserate reduction in price. Now you have to pay $8.00 a month for service you were previously getting for free. Chances are you will not and many will not. Correction: nothing is free from a for-profit company. Newsgroups have been part of the internet package that Comcast markets. We are now facing a reduction in that package. |
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Rob
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1 edit | said by Welcome to Post :said by CableTool :said by beerbum :so will Comcast be reducing our bills since the equivalent service from Giganews is $7.99 per month? Did your rate increase $7.99 when newsgroup access was added to accounts? I've been a Comcast HSI subscriber for eight years, and newsgroups have been a part of the package Comcast has marketed that whole time. Also when did Comcast raise CHSI prices? I'm not sure how that's relevant, since we're talking about reduction in services without a commiserate reduction in price. Now you have to pay $8.00 a month for service you were previously getting for free. Chances are you will not and many will not. Correction: nothing is free from a for-profit company. Newsgroups have been part of the internet package that Comcast markets. We are now facing a reduction in that package. So when Comcast went from 6/384 to 6/1 and 8/768 to 8/2, did your Internet rate go up? After all, nothing is free. So all of our rates must have gone up with the increase in speed.
I didn't see anyone say "OMG! My Internet just got faster, how dare they increase it without increasing my rate. I am now receiving an addition to my package with the same rate!" |
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quetwo
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| said by Rob :So when Comcast went from 6/384 to 6/1 and 8/768 to 8/2, did your Internet rate go up? After all, nothing is free. So all of our rates must have gone up with the increase in speed. Yes. About the same time my cap was lifted from 6/384 to 6/1, there was a price increase of about $5. While most people didn't have the timing as close as we did, we had our yearly "we need more money"-a-thon the same time they did the slight bump in upload speeds. |
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Rob
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| said by quetwo :said by Rob :So when Comcast went from 6/384 to 6/1 and 8/768 to 8/2, did your Internet rate go up? After all, nothing is free. So all of our rates must have gone up with the increase in speed. Yes. About the same time my cap was lifted from 6/384 to 6/1, there was a price increase of about $5. While most people didn't have the timing as close as we did, we had our yearly "we need more money"-a-thon the same time they did the slight bump in upload speeds. Your Internet rate went up by $5 dollars? |
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Cabal
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said by quetwo :said by Rob :So when Comcast went from 6/384 to 6/1 and 8/768 to 8/2, did your Internet rate go up? After all, nothing is free. So all of our rates must have gone up with the increase in speed. Yes. About the same time my cap was lifted from 6/384 to 6/1, there was a price increase of about $5. While most people didn't have the timing as close as we did, we had our yearly "we need more money"-a-thon the same time they did the slight bump in upload speeds. Can post a scan of your bill where bundled (std-level) Internet is more than $42.95? Mine hasn't changed since 2002.
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lilhurricane
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I've seen no increases in prices here in 6 years (other than features I've added myself) |
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dadkins
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My HSI is $52.95 per month.
When I first started paying that extra $10 per month, everyone had 3mbps and they were in the process of upgrading everyone to 4mbps - I didn't want to wait! I wanted the extra upload right then!
I opted to pay the Extra $10 for speed.
Here we are today.
The package I am on is a claimed 16mbps / 2mbps - whereas I get 17.3mbps / 2.2mbps.
All for that very same $52.95 per month.
So... 4mbps to 16mbps... they quadrupled my speed for no additional cost.
Mean ole Comcast! 
Wait... 
Back on-topic:
2GB of newsgroup was a joke and 90%(more?) of customers never used it anyways.
BFD!
If anyone wants "news", pay for it and get unlimited access.
News... LOL! Riiight!
DDL is so much better!
Private DDL Rules!
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CableTool
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said by Welcome to Post :said by CableTool :said by beerbum :so will Comcast be reducing our bills since the equivalent service from Giganews is $7.99 per month? Did your rate increase $7.99 when newsgroup access was added to accounts? I've been a Comcast HSI subscriber for eight years, and newsgroups have been a part of the package Comcast has marketed that whole time. Also when did Comcast raise CHSI prices? I'm not sure how that's relevant, since we're talking about reduction in services without a commiserate reduction in price. Now you have to pay $8.00 a month for service you were previously getting for free. Chances are you will not and many will not. Correction: nothing is free from a for-profit company. Newsgroups have been part of the internet package that Comcast markets. We are now facing a reduction in that package. When News groups were added originally there was no price increase. So removing it would not merit a price reduction.
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tcope
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| said by CableTool :When News groups were added originally there was no price increase. So removing it would not merit a price reduction. So Comcast offered Internet service without Usenet when they first started? Also, your statement is flawed in that the cost to deliver service has become less expensive. Granted, service has increased as well. But let's look at reality for a moment... when Usenet started it too very little resources. It's resources have increased and so has the cost of Internet access. You really think Comcast has never increased it's price due to the resources of Usenet? |
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mogulman
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said by CableTool :When News groups were added originally there was no price increase. So removing it would not merit a price reduction. AT&T used to have their own news servers. Then they moved it to giganews. If they are going to remove this function of the internet, they should reduce the price they are charging. |
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Rob
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| said by mogulman :said by CableTool :When News groups were added originally there was no price increase. So removing it would not merit a price reduction. AT&T used to have their own news servers. Then they moved it to giganews. If they are going to remove this function of the internet, they should reduce the price they are charging. Then Comcast should have raised the rates when they increased upload speeds for 384 and 768 to 1mb and 2mb, respectively, no? |
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NormanS
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Are you a former Insight customer? Comcast hasn't raised their Internet rate since they posted a door hanger, 3 1/2 years ago, trying to get our custom (we're still with AT&T DSL). Nearly as I can tell, customers who've been with Comcast for as long as they have offered Internet have not seen price hikes.
OTOH, former ATTBI, Insight, Adelphia, and Road Runner customers, acquired by Comcast over the years, have often grumbled about "price hikes".
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Doctor Olds
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said by CableTool :When News groups were added originally there was no price increase. So removing it would not merit a price reduction. What exact date range was Usenet "added originally" by Comcast? You do know Usenet existed before WWW, right?
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Rob
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| said by Doctor Olds :said by CableTool :When News groups were added originally there was no price increase. So removing it would not merit a price reduction. What exact date range was Usenet "added originally" by Comcast? You do know Usenet existed before WWW, right? You misunderstood. Cabletool was referring to when Comcast originally started offering newsgroup access to their customers either through Comcast's own servers or using giganews. |
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1 edit | said by Rob :said by Doctor Olds :said by CableTool :When News groups were added originally there was no price increase. So removing it would not merit a price reduction. What exact date range was Usenet "added originally" by Comcast? You do know Usenet existed before WWW, right? You misunderstood. Cabletool was referring to when Comcast originally started offering newsgroup access to their customers either through Comcast's own servers or using giganews. But that's exactly his point. Did Comcast offer NNTP access from the start whether it be from it's own newservers or someone elses? I've had internet access from back to the mid 90's. Every ISP I have ever had offered NNTP as part of the package. When I first got cable with Cox while living in Georgia, a News Service was part of the package. When I moved to Arkansas(late 2003) and started Comcast service, NNTP access was also part of the package offered by Comcast. So for some it really doesn't matter when Comcast first made it available. I signed up with Comcast and it offered News access as part of my sign up. So from that perspective I can see why some might see this a less service. But with the speed increases maybe this balances it out.
I myself am not really complaining however. FWIW 2 GB monthly was alright for my usage. Luckily I still have NNTP access via my backup ISP, AT&T DSL. I never use binaries anyway. |
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Doctor Olds
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said by Rob :said by Doctor Olds :said by CableTool :When News groups were added originally there was no price increase. So removing it would not merit a price reduction. What exact date range was Usenet "added originally" by Comcast? You do know Usenet existed before WWW, right? You misunderstood. Cabletool was referring to when Comcast originally started offering newsgroup access to their customers either through Comcast's own servers or using giganews. Not at all. What date did they offer NNTP after they offered their Cable Internet services (if there is one ?) Is that clearer? I asked Cabletool who made their statement that alludes that Cable Internet was offered prior to Usenet being around/available and only added later at some imaginary date.
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said by Doctor Olds :said by CableTool :When News groups were added originally there was no price increase. So removing it would not merit a price reduction. What exact date range was Usenet "added originally" by Comcast? You do know Usenet existed before WWW, right? That would be late 2002 or early 2003, but it would not be accurate to say that news was added to Comcast. Comcast (legacy) and AT&T Broadband merged, becoming AT&T Comcast, and then simply Comcast. AT&T Broadband customers had a usenet server. Legacy Comcast customers did not. Within a few months, the service levels were normalized and everyone served by the "new" Comcast had free but limited access to a usenet server.
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CableTool
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said by Doctor Olds :said by CableTool :When News groups were added originally there was no price increase. So removing it would not merit a price reduction. What exact date range was Usenet "added originally" by Comcast? You do know Usenet existed before WWW, right? 
I didnt say Comcast invented Newsgroups... did you read any of this thread?
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