sbalea
join:2009-05-11
Old Bridge, NJ | reply to LJGoose
Re: [OOL] Optimum Ultra Reviews! Post em here!
I just got off the phone with a sales rep. There's a $300 "activation fee" on top of the required professional install fee. I think I'll be ok with Boost for now. |
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Subaru
1-3-2-4
Premium
join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT
clubs: 
 ·Packet8
| said by sbalea  :I just got off the phone with a sales rep. There's a $300 "activation fee" on top of the required professional install fee. I think I'll be ok with Boost for now. *waits for someone to come in saying $300 is not true* |
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Anorexorcist
Premium
join:2005-08-21
Stamford, CT
 ·Optimum Online
| For those who still don't believe it's true, there definitely a $300 activation fee.
»optimum.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/opt···qid=2410 |
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Bobcat
Premium
join:2001-02-04
Bedminster, NJ | Wow, a $335 fee is one way to cut back on demand. |
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JDolan
@optonline.net
| said by Bobcat :Wow, a $335 fee is one way to cut back on demand. I finally agree with you.
Why not just charge 129.00 per month? |
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Jeffrey
Merry Christmas
Premium
join:2002-12-24
Dix Hills,NY
clubs:
·Optimum Online
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Vonage
·magicjack.com
| reply to sbalea
Well, that seals it for me. $300 is a deal-breaker. Like others, I would be prepared to pay the $99/month, and perhaps even the $35 "install fee". However, activation fees are pure BS. On top of that, $300?
Thanks, I'll pass until that comes down to $0 activation fee, and 1 modem that handles the Internet aspect and VoIP aspect.
Queue Verizon's next move.
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"Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy." - George Carlin
[my ramblings] |
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Thinkdiff
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY
| said by Jeffrey :Well, that seals it for me. $300 is a deal-breaker. Like others, I would be prepared to pay the $99/month, and perhaps even the $35 "install fee". However, activation fees are pure BS. On top of that, $300? Thanks, I'll pass until that comes down to $0 activation fee Exactly my feelings. I was really looking forward to using this service over the summer. Oh well. Maybe next year. |
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
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said by Jeffrey :Well, that seals it for me. $300 is a deal-breaker. Like others, I would be prepared to pay the $99/month, and perhaps even the $35 "install fee". However, activation fees are pure BS. On top of that, $300? I agree with you. I can see some possible reason for the $35 truck roll fee if the actual reason is that they want to test the line to make sure it can support Ultra. Delivery and hook up of the modem FOR EXISTENT OOL customers does not qualify unless the customer does not want to do a modem swap at the storefront and self-install.Thanks, I'll pass until that comes down to $0 activation fee, and 1 modem that handles the Internet aspect and VoIP aspect.
They are supposedly currently certifying the VoIP SBV6220 so that will be offered "RSN". WHY they need to do a separate certification (unless it is for the VoIP on a Ultra circuit) is a question since they support the Non-VoIP version (the SB6120). |
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jimboe
join:2000-08-14
New York
·Optimum Online
| reply to Jeffrey
said by Jeffrey :Thanks, I'll pass until that comes down to $0 activation fee, .. ..me suspects you may be waiting a long time for this to happen.. |
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Anonymous Coward
@optonline.net
| reply to Bobcat
said by Bobcat :Wow, a $335 fee is one way to cut back on demand. It certainly assures that primarily *businesses* are ordering the service, not individuals.
E.g. it ensures that not every damn Usenet/P2P leecher (or uploader) orders it and brings the house down on his node with their legally questionable activities - activities that simply are not happening in a business context, for multiple reasons 
It's also a good way to throttle demand during the startup phase of a new service: the last they want is a hundred techs having to go out on a service call for something that is brand-new to them, with probably plenty of opportunity to screw it up. A not unsubstantial part of that is probably related to some sort of manual step that prevents the service from being self-install today.
So, if you want to ride the cutting edge, and this certainly qualifies, $300 means nothing to you. If it does, you're not on the cutting edge, and you're not an early adopter:
The 4GB iPhone was HOW much when it first came out, if your memory isn't faulting you after just 2 short years? FOUR HUNDRED NINETYNINE BUCKS! Holy crap! It was the most expensive phone, ever! 2 months later, Apple dropped the 4GB version and made the 8GB iPhone standard - and dropped the price for that from $599(!) to $399. Fast forward 18 months, and now we're looking at $199. And those were *still* prices subsidized by monthly service fees.
So stop bitchin' - you want that iPhone^W101Mbps, you know where to get it. |
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sbalea
join:2009-05-11
Old Bridge, NJ
| said by Anonymous Coward :E.g. it ensures that not every damn Usenet/P2P leecher (or uploader) orders it and brings the house down on his node with their legally questionable activities - activities that simply are not happening in a business context, for multiple reasons It's also a good way to throttle demand during the startup phase of a new service: the last they want is a hundred techs having to go out on a service call for something that is brand-new to them, with probably plenty of opportunity to screw it up. A not unsubstantial part of that is probably related to some sort of manual step that prevents the service from being self-install today. All of this is certainly possible. It could also mean they're trying to maximize profits at the expense of the early adopters. I wouldn't be surprised to see the fee go down little by little in the following months. This way, they capture all people who are willing to pay at a certain level. It's called "skimming the market" in business speak. |
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Jeffrey
Merry Christmas
Premium
join:2002-12-24
Dix Hills,NY
clubs:
·Optimum Online
·Verizon FIOS
·Vonage
·magicjack.com
| reply to jimboe
said by jimboe :said by Jeffrey :Thanks, I'll pass until that comes down to $0 activation fee, .. ..me suspects you may be waiting a long time for this to happen.. That's OK. These days, I'm about price. I expect Verizon to come out with some package to compete with the 101/15 marketing, although highlighting CV's $300 activation fee shouldn't be too hard. That said, next year when Fios gets to my block, I'll evaluate the packages, speeds, and plans, and go from there.
When I was a CV subscriber in 1999, I had a Sharkfin modem that I had to buy for $100 @ The Wiz, and then locked into a two year contract at $29.99. I thought that was a fair deal back then, but as time went on, things changed. Modems were handed out, and contracts eliminated. Time will tell.
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"Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy." - George Carlin
[my ramblings] |
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