Topic 'Re: New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-lower-prices-could-get-dialup-users-to-switch-21625613 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:28:41 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:28:41 EDT Re: New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-lower-prices-could-get-dialup-users-to-switch-21634450
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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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thank-You-21632884 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:35:26 EDT Re: New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-lower-prices-could-get-dialup-users-to-switch-21629890
I live 2 blocks from the RDSLAM
They gave me a $100 NFM Gift Card (And I was buying a new TV that day anyway)
Paid my phone package for 3 Months
I need the phone line for the alarm (Nextalarm is to expensive now)

Cox is like $55/mo for just internet now.
Qwest was like $52/mo all taxes for package and 6.0/mo first year, $60 there after on price for life.
Hopefully the package stays at $25/mo.

So I will ride it out, sure it's slower than cox but I get my port 25 and 80 :)

As for qwest service.... they ran out of pairs for my house (I have an unrelated T1) so they threw a CAT5 on the fence till they could come bury it, that was 4 months ago.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-lower-prices-could-get-dialup-users-to-switch-21629890 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:47:52 EDT Re: New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-lower-prices-could-get-dialup-users-to-switch-21629822 said by The Beer:

Yes and when the promotional price is over they will switch back.Not so fast there bubby. promo period is 12 months, minimum contract length is 18 months. so you're stuck for 6 months after your rates shoot back up if you don't want to be hit with ETF!
and in the end it is STILL QWEST SERVICE!
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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. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Qwest-and-lower-prices-21628105 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:55:10 EDT Re: New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-lower-prices-could-get-dialup-users-to-switch-21627409 said by ThrowDemsOut:

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.
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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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-lower-prices-could-get-dialup-users-to-switch-21626314 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:26:57 EDT Re: New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-lower-prices-could-get-dialup-users-to-switch-21626281 said by dslwanter:

said by ThrowDemsOut:

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. :D

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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said by ThrowDemsOut:

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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-lower-prices-could-get-dialup-users-to-switch-21626221 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:11:40 EDT Re: New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-lower-prices-could-get-dialup-users-to-switch-21625896 said by ThrowDemsOut:

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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If Qwest would have a respectful product at a good price they would not have this problem.

Just beat Cox with thier everyday price and be done with it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-lower-prices-could-get-dialup-users-to-switch-21625702 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:33:53 EDT New lower prices could get dial-up users to switch http://www.dslreports.com/forum/New-lower-prices-could-get-dialup-users-to-switch-21625613 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/New-lower-prices-could-get-dialup-users-to-switch-21625613 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:15:03 EDT