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 djrobx
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Re: availabale, but pricy "Standard" HSI rates have always been roughly $39/month. DSL providers used to offer "top" tier DSL at premium prices. SBC had their "Expert Plus" at $159 and Verizon had a 7000/768 plan for some similar unholy amount of money. Around 2002 almost every ISPs stopped their introductory promos, bumping prices to $49, seemingly in unison. Then competition really heated up around the 2003 time frame.
SBC began to aggressively push their price downward in an effort to pick up cable and dial-up subscribers. As those prices went down, they started offering more choices, like the 6mbps Expert Plus tier for $49, that was previously $159. Cable tended to stay firm with their prices, and responded by increasing speeds.
DOCSIS 3 just seems to be bringing us full circle to having truly "premium" broadband tiers available and priced as such.
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | said by djrobx:"Standard" HSI rates have always been roughly $39/month. DSL providers used to offer "top" tier DSL at premium prices. Having lived in both Qwest territory AND Pac Bell territory, two areas that were first to introduce DSL, I have to disagree with you.
Qwest was the first carrier to introduce and roll out DSL - Their service was priced out at $79 a month for 256/128. The higher speeds were 512/256 and was $109 per month. Those speeds and prices went into 2002.
PacBell was among the first, and I quoted the rates above.. that was for 384/384. There was a 512/512 tier and it was $129 per month. Those rates dropped to $64 a month and speed increased up to 1.5/384 by 1999. I ordered service in Feb of 1998.
It wasn't until about 2002/2003 that DSL prices started to fall below $50.00 per month... and now they're even cheaper today. | |
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