Chewyrobbo
join:2005-04-12
Tacoma, WA | reply to The Beer
Re: New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch
Thank you, At my GF's house she has dsl and the only tier available is 1.5, and we live in a pretty populated area, at my house i have the upgraded Comcast, BIIIIGGG difference. I wish Qworst would do some upgrades. |
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nutcr0cker
join:2003-04-02
Chandler, AZ
| Qwest and lower prices!
What the hell are they talking about the new tiers are only;y applicable if you have their bloated expensive crap aka the landline that cost about 24$ a month additional so for getting 14.99 for 1.5 mbps you pay 14.99+23.47 = 38.44. I would not call this a lower price exactly |
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skitterybob
join:2007-10-31
Minneapolis, MN
| reply to Chewyrobbo
Re: New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch
/start rant/
I second that. I am surrounded by DSL. My block and the next block east of me don't because we're all on pair gain. If you go 900' any direction from my house and DSL is available because those areas aren't pair gain. Dang Qwest won't redo the lines to remove the pair gain. Do some upgrades!
/end rant/
I can see where Qwest is coming from in my situation though. It's not worth it to do all the work for what will amount to a few new DSL subscribers. |
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IowaStudent
Premium
join:2008-08-21
Grinnell, IA
 ·Mediacom
 ·Iowa Telecom
| reply to nutcr0cker
Re: Qwest and lower prices!
Exactly, We left Iowa Telecom for Mediacom after we got tired of paying $60 a month just for Internet access and of course $30 of that was for a phoneline which never got used and 1.5 Mb DSL plus, they had Interleaved turned on at the DSLAM which made the connection even worse 50 MS from my router to there core router and now I0 13 MS with Mediacom |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| reply to nutcr0cker
said by nutcr0cker  :What the hell are they talking about the new tiers are only;y applicable if you have their bloated expensive crap aka the landline that cost about 24$ a month additional so for getting 14.99 for 1.5 mbps you pay 14.99+23.47 = 38.44. I would not call this a lower price exactly It's called "becuase they can't run a major telecom on everyone buying a $14.95 per month product!" ... it's a reality check that most people here don't get!
DSL is not a money maker at $14.95. Well, at least in the case of Verizon it was becuase when the service has issues, and it does, getting them to fix it is worse than pulling teeth on a bangle tiger. One service call and that customer is a loss - doesn't anyone see this?
The rate drop is a lost leader.. its a way to get attention. The UPPER tiers are where the price reductions should have been all along. The lower price tiers are already reasonably priced for the product at hand.
What people want, here at least, is to be able to buy a product at dirt cheap prices.. get the bundle or loyal prices that are meant for marketing purposes or loyal customers who spend more and not have to commit to the company elsewhere other than their tiny $14 a month. At that price, it's okay for many becuase they expect others to subsidize that "bloated crap" so the rest can have the cheap services. |
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