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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
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join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
 ·Armstrong Zoom In..
 ·AT&T Midwest
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Re: New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch
said by TKJunkMail  :The new lower tiers are priced such that they could get a large number of users to switch from dial-up. And the price drops on their faster tiers could get some users to switch from cable as well. I'm willing to say no. The dial-up users don't want to "spend that much money" on internet access. If they can find something for $9.99 a month, they'll stick. Trust me I have an Aunt and Uncle like that, they won't spend the extra $10 a month and get basic DSL, oh and you can throw a rock at their CO from their house.
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viperlmw
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join:2005-01-25
·Qwest.net
| said by dslwanter :said by TKJunkMail :The new lower tiers are priced such that they could get a large number of users to switch from dial-up. And the price drops on their faster tiers could get some users to switch from cable as well. I'm willing to say no. The dial-up users don't want to "spend that much money" on internet access. If they can find something for $9.99 a month, they'll stick. Trust me I have an Aunt and Uncle like that, they won't spend the extra $10 a month and get basic DSL, oh and you can throw a rock at their CO from their house. Yea, lots of these people still have Win98 machines, because 'this one works just fine!'. I put some old parts of mine into my mother-in-law's machine, enough that it would run Vista, but she still won't switch from dial-up. | |
knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
·AT&T DSL Service
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said by dslwanter :said by TKJunkMail :The new lower tiers are priced such that they could get a large number of users to switch from dial-up. And the price drops on their faster tiers could get some users to switch from cable as well. I'm willing to say no. The dial-up users don't want to "spend that much money" on internet access. If they can find something for $9.99 a month, they'll stick. Trust me I have an Aunt and Uncle like that, they won't spend the extra $10 a month and get basic DSL, oh and you can throw a rock at their CO from their house. I see you've been reading the minds of our marketing department. Yes, for $9.99 (which is really $10, we all know that), people have no problem paying for faster Internet service. Even a lowly 768 kbps connection is light years faster than "dial, then redial" 28k to 53k service. 
Customers are very happy with the speed difference because anything double that of dial up is actually noticeable to them. Unlike going from 6 MB to 10MB for the "average Joe" user anyway. Power users, of course, notice the difference. 
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Transmaster
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join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
·Qwest.net
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Thank You!
Instead of bitching about this I say thank you for saving me some money. Yes I have bundle pricing which I am perfectly happy with. I'll I have heard about is Cox has this Comcast has that bla-bla-bla. I am now going sit back and wait for the "well in Japan they have a 100,000,000,000,000 Mbps connection for $3.95, grr, snarl, row, gritting teeth...
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cbessant
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join:2008-08-13
Peyton, CO
| said by Transmaster :I am now going sit back and wait for the "well in Japan they have a 100,000,000,000,000 Mbps connection for $3.95, grr, snarl, row, gritting teeth... There is probably a subsidy from the government involved as NTT is probably state owned?
We just got 1.5Mbps DSL from Qwest this week - it was just made available. I have a 3Mbps wireless service ($45/month) w/VoIP for $20/month (unlimited) that I use for LD, and the rates are great for calls to Europe. VoIP was a tad choppy on the wireless, but over copper it should be fine.
I need 2 different ISPs as we work from home/telecommute and can't afford outages. So, my wireless is $45, the VoIP is $20, DSL is $15 (I know, $30 after the promo ends, but it is less than my other wireless that I will cancel once I'm sure Qwest DSL is stable enough to trust), and the Qwest landline ($24 + VM + CallerID = like $45/month). We don't have cable where we live (rural).
Qwest is the only wire to the house. If they offered a higher-speed package, I'd take it. I'll keep DirecTv with DirecTv as I don't need Qwest being the middleman. I'll never see fiber. | |
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