 DogfatherPremium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA
1 edit | reply to AstroBoy
Re: "ever-declining prices" ???? My Verizon DSL prices had gone from $50 to $30 and speed quadrupled. And for pretty much everyone, the price for Mb has dropped substantially. |
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 jt4
@comcast.net | 50 for dsl. your crazy and what kind of speeds to they give u. i pay 45.95 for 12mb cable internet |
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DogfatherPremium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | Now you do. Not 10 years ago. |
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 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Those are somewhat 'bundled' services - I take it.
I agree that in general, a price/kilobit or megabit has dropped. I did pay $39.99 / month for AT&T ADSL for 1.5/384kbps (with POTS service as a requirement) or $45/month for 2-4Mbps cable ($10 more w/o).
Now, its $24.95/month for 3Mbps (POTS requirement) or $40/month (dry) on ADSL, or $45/month for 10Mbps cable - lower bundled prices.
What _IS_ going up is the basic cost. I.e. you will get a ton of service... but you will not find any 'cheap' service.
E.g. I can not find a $25/month 1Mbps dry loop anywhere. Or a $25/month standard cable service anywhere.
Those that do have cheap(er) service are often full of fees/taxes/unfees/charges/adware |
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 HallPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
kudos:1 | reply to jt4
said by jt4 :
50 for dsl. your crazy and what kind of speeds to they give u. i pay 45.95 for 12mb cable internet
Back in 2000, I signed up for 1500k DSL at the special rate of $39.95. That price lasted 12 months, I think, and went up to $49.95. Yes, $50 for 1.5M DSL.
Today I pay $35 for 6M DSL. Sure seems like a decline in price and it's really more than just a $15 price drop given that the speed is 4x faster. |
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DogfatherPremium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA
2 edits | reply to en102
Basic costs in services industries in general always go up because of general overhead cost increases. eg...the building they're in costs more, labor costs more, regulatory compliance (taxes, healthcare, workers comp, equipment and vehicle leases, general regulatory compliance fees, etc) go up. And up until very recently energy was up, particularly electricity and gasoline.
While the overall bills in some cases have gone up (mine have stayed the same or gone down), what you get for that has gone up more...in general. 10 years ago I certainly couldn't have gotten my T1 for the $400 I'm paying now. Before that my first office 768/128 DSL line was $49 and now a 1.5Mb biz DSL line is $30. I have been paying Cox about the same $43-$45 for HSI for over 10 years but speeds have gone from 3Mb with @Home to the current 9Mb and increase virtually every year.
In terms of what you would call "cheap" service...I don't think you ever saw a "cheap" service like that. The cheapest service I ever had was 1.5/1.5 best effort WISP for $25 but that was in a day where there was "nothing good on the internet". |
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