$75+ is a tad pricey for me. For the price of "Performance" (at the end of the promotion):
I get ADSL2+ 15.0 from Sonic.net, LLC:
RECEIPT
Sonic.net, Inc.
2260 Apollo Way
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
707.522.1000
support@sonic.net
Due Date: 2013-03-20
Service from 2013-03-20 to 2013-04-20
For:
NormanS <********@sonic.net>
Retired
<Address redacted>
_______________________________________________________________________
Description Unit Price Total
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Email account *********1 0.00 0.00
Email account *********2 0.00 0.00
Invoice to email ********@sonic.net 0.00 0.00
>>>> DNS [%My_Domain%] 1.95 1.95
Fusion Broadband - Single Line - 39.95 39.95
STI-00nnnnn-0
Fusion Broadband Information - STI-00nnnnn-0 0.00 0.00
Data $19.97 Voice $19.98
Voice Federal Subscriber Line Charge Fee 6.50 6.50
Voice Federal Universal Service Fund Fee 2.25 2.25
Voice California Lifeline Telephone Service 0.15 0.15
Surcharge
Voice California Deaf and Disabled Telecom 0.03 0.03
Program Surcharge
Voice California High Cost Fund-A Surcharge 0.05 0.05
Voice California High Cost Fund-B Surcharge 0.04 0.04
Voice California Teleconnect Fund Surcharge 0.08 0.08
Voice California Advanced Services Fund 0.02 0.02
Surcharge
Voice California 911 Emergency Surcharge 0.07 0.07
Voice San Jose Utility Users Tax 1.23 1.23
>>>> Fusion IP address space 173.228.nnn.nnn/32 - 0.00 0.00
STI-0067369-0
Fusion Phone Service - <# Redacted> 0.00 0.00
Voice California Public Utility Commission 0.02 0.02
User Fee
Voice FCC Interstate Telecom Service 0.05 0.05
Provider Fee
Property Tax Allotment Surcharge 0.26 0.26
Voice Regulatory Recovery Surcharge 0.52 0.52
<<<< Modem Equipment Rental Fee 6.50 6.50
Credit Prorate 2013-03-20 to 2013-03-09 for 0.04cr 0.04cr
Property Tax Allotment Surcharge
Credit Prorate 2013-03-20 to 2013-03-09 for 0.79cr 0.79cr
Voice Federal Universal Service Fund Fee
Credit Prorate 2013-03-20 to 2013-03-09 for 0.13cr 0.13cr
Voice Regulatory Recovery Surcharge
Credit Prorate 2013-03-20 to 2013-03-09 for 0.43cr 0.43cr
Voice San Jose Utility Users Tax
Charge Prorate 2013-03-09 to 2013-03-20 for 0.09 0.09
Property Tax Allotment Surcharge
Charge Prorate 2013-03-09 to 2013-03-20 for 0.80 0.80
Voice Federal Universal Service Fund Fee
Charge Prorate 2013-03-09 to 2013-03-20 for 0.18 0.18
Voice Regulatory Recovery Surcharge
Charge Prorate 2013-03-09 to 2013-03-20 for 0.44 0.44
Voice San Jose Utility Users Tax
Total: 59.79
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>>>> Features not available with Comcast residential service.
<<<< I am exploring an apparent policy change which would allow me to return their RG in exchange to drop the fee.
On the one hand, 50 Mbps can probably be said to "blow away" even Sonic.net "Fusion" 15 Mbps.
On the other hand, unlike naked Comcast Blast, I get local and LD calling, value added call features, DNS for my domain, a static IP address, and control of the rDNS.
And an extra $15 a month for anime and manga.
For the money, I can live with "slow", when "slow" is fast enough for my use of the Internet.
(If Comcast were to offer "Double Play Performance" (Internet+Voice) with all the features of Sonic.net "Fusion", I might reconsider.)