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| Value added service I currently have Verizon DSL at my house and simply view this as a value-added product. Now wait to hear my reasoning before you start screaming at your computer screen.
My ISP provides me with many services that are built into my bill that I don't use and never will. A great example of this would be their email service. I will never use it, but at some point the cost of the email service is built into my bill.
My rates for internet service haven't gone up because I have access to ESPN360. If they did then I would have something to complain about, since they haven't this is simply something that I get in addition to my connection.
ISPs by not offering this are just stating to ESPN they don't feel like they need the service to compete with other ISPs who might offer the service. When looking for new service I don't just look at the price and connection speed but what each company can offer me as part of the overall experience. That goes from additional services to reliability, tech-support and turn around time should someone need to come out. | |
| said by krazymon2:When looking for new service I don't just look at the price and connection speed but what each company can offer me as part of the overall experience. Deals such as this could eventually make choosing that overall experience resemble choosing between AOL and CompuServe. At least they had a "Bring your own access" options so you could subscribe to their overall experience without being forced to use them as your ISP.
You know, if Verizon and Time Warner wanted to create sites that bundle a lot of content in various packages, and charge to access those sites, that would be less of an issue. (Assuming no preferential pricing or quality of service to their own ISP subscribers.) At least companies would not be playing gatekeepers at the network infrastructure level. | |
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