 highhatsizeNorm, The Basset For All TimePremium
join:2001-02-08
Spring, TX
 ·Comcast
1 edit | $40 Pricing Point Thursday, January 22, 2004, 1140 hrs. pst.
I had PacBell DSL 1.5/128 for a year for $40/mo. They bumped me to $50 so I immediately switched to DirectvDSL 1.5/128 for $40/mo. They tanked so I switched to cyberonic DSL 1.5/768 for $40/mo. If cyberonic raises their price I'll switch to another isp that offers 1.5 for $40/mo. I don't really NEED DSL. I just like it a lot. I'll pay twice the dial-up rate for it but that's all.
I wonder if the last few years have taught the isp's that there are a lot of people like me. If everybody on a promo $40/mo. rate bailed as I did as soon as the isp raised the price to it's "normal" $50/mo. rate, perhaps the isp's have decided that $40/mo. is the highest that most people are willing to pay and they will compete among themselves to offer the best speeds that they can at that price. San Francisco and most large cities are well served by both telephone and cable internet competitors. The shakeout of the weakest links is behind us. Those players now in the game are going to stay and they are going to have to offer us value just like any other mature competitive industry.
Perhaps the $45 Sonic offer, and the DSL EXTREME $60 offer are testing the wates to see what an isp has to offer to get an average customer to break the $40 limit?
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Cordially,
SanFranSonny |
