Bit
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join:2009-02-19
00000 | Corp exec retirement fund contribution fee?
WTF? They really don't want to sell this tier do they? |
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SLD
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join:2002-04-17 | Probably they don't have actual capacity to sell to their entire usebase, but this gives them bragging rights without offering a viable product. |
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UofMiamiGrad
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join:2001-02-03
Great Neck, NY | reply to Bit
More along the lines, it cost $750/sub to upgrade to DOCSIS 3.0 according to Cablevision. So hit up the subs wanting DOCSIS 3.0 with a $300 upfront fee, recoup some of the costs. |
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Bit
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join:2009-02-19
00000 | How much did it cost to upgrade VZ subs with FiOS? |
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MxxCon
join:1999-11-19
Brooklyn, NY
clubs:   | reply to SLD
at $99/month it's not intended for their "entire userbase". |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | reply to Bit
$700 per house passed, then $700 per installation/subscription. |
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Bit
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join:2009-02-19
00000 | So there goes that CV excuse. |
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Bit
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join:2009-02-19
00000 | reply to UofMiamiGrad
VZ spends several hundred per sub for FiOS and they don't have $340 install/activation fees. |
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chef255
join:2004-07-15
Buchanan, NY | reply to Bit
Of course they really want a lot of people to order this, it would kill their network |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
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It's the early adopter tax. Just the same as how most other things are really expensive at first, LCD TVs, CD Players, DVD Players etc. The people who want bragging rights will pay it and go on. Then when they are ready for mass market it will go away. |
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TheWiseGuy
Dog And Butterfly
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join:2002-07-04
Yonkers, NY
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A $300 fee on top of a $99/month cost will not keep anyone that needs this level of service from getting it. It works out to 129/month if it is kept a year. What is does is keep someone who wants to just try it out short term from jumping in and out.
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roc5955
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join:2005-11-26
Rosendale, NY
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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What we have here is another case of corporate greed. The cable companies will be the next ones to go to DC asking for a handout. Wait and see.
Why is broadband so expensive in the US when compared to the rest of the world? I think it has, in large part, to do with the mentality of greed that has overcome this country.
It used to be that people wanted to simply make a living. Now they want to make a killing.
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The Beer
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
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join:2001-07-24
Omaha, NE
clubs: | reply to battleop
IIRC I paid $300 for my first cable modem |
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Bit
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join:2009-02-19
00000 | reply to TheWiseGuy
Of course it would which is why their major competitors don't do it. You don't think Verizon would charge $300 for every top tier install if they thought they could get away with it? |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
 ·North State Commun..
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said by TheWiseGuy  :What is does is keep someone who wants to just try it out short term from jumping in and out. That is what I was thinking too. Just look in the OOL forum here at all the people who planned to order it, test it for a month, then downgrade. |
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Bit
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join:2009-02-19
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1 edit | Then you would do an ETF, not an activation fee. This is just a junk fee so they can advertise $99 without having to charge "only" $99. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| said by Bit :Then you would do an ETF, not an activation fee. This is just a junk fee so they can advertise $99 without having to charge "only" $99. 6 of one, half a dozen of another. ETF has a much more negative connotation attached to it for a company that doesn't require contracts. |
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NOCMan
Verizon Fios User
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join:2004-09-30
Flower Mound, TX | reply to Bit
More like you're paying for the Docsis 3.0 modem up front. If anything you should own that outright if you bought into this package.
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rawgerz
In Debt we trust
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join:2004-10-03
Grove City, PA
·Verizon Online DSL
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Because Verizon has a popular wireless division and landline income.
All those rural people paying $67 for POTS and $8 dollars for caller ID helped contribute.
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Bit
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join:2009-02-19
00000 | And CV has lucrative video, voice and HSI income. |
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