rbb
join:2000-09-17
Fairfax Station, VA
| When are people going to learn...
When are people going to learn that AOL is charging you for the "free" hours of dialup they get with BYOA? If you call AOL and tell them you do not want the dial up hours, the price of BYOA drops from $14.95 to $7.95 - a price I am more than willing to pay rather than teaching my wife to use a different system (the same reason why I buy automatics instead of manuals  |
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B
Premium,MVM
join:2000-10-28 |
That's amazing -- I hadn't heard that. Is that price divulged anywhere on-line?
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P.S. It's still far too much of course.
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rbb
join:2000-09-17
Fairfax Station, VA
| Not as far as I know. I found it a long time ago. I asked them what I was geting when they changed my rate of $9.95 to $14.95 and they said I got 3 "free" hours of dialup. I asked what if I did not want the dialup hours - they came back with $7.95. BTW, if you exceed the number of dialup hours, it's $2 per hour, coincidence... |
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B
Premium,MVM
join:2000-10-28 |
I think this is newsworthy all by itself. Just not sure the best place to submit it...
Hey Karl! Look here!
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02
Host:
Road Runner
PC gaming GAMES
PC gaming Tech
| Yeah, I've heard that as well. They've also long offered you up to six months of service if you threaten to cancel.
Time Warner believes in the same practice. If you call up to complain you're spending too much on broadband, they'll actually offer you a discounted "Lite" broadband tier ($25-30 256-500kbps - I forget specifics) that does not officially exist. |
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B
Premium,MVM
join:2000-10-28
| Fascinating. I wonder if ELN over TWC follows suit -- probably not.
But according to the DSLR news last July at »Roadrunner Lite Tier , the Lite tier was in a single city trial.
Is it available everywhere now?
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02
Host:
Road Runner
PC gaming GAMES
PC gaming Tech
| Not sure. Time Warner Cable is an odd beast in that different divisions will offer different services based on the market. (that extreme tier they had comes to mind)
That trial wound up in several markets, and I'm pretty sure was set to go national.
I think before they launched it they realized many of their pricier $40-$45 subs would downgrade, costing them money. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | reply to B
the Lite Tier is available in Western Ohio BUT you have to ask for it. Other wise they'll sell you the standard package. |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs: | reply to rbb
just go to rr.com and on the sidebar you should see a link that says "AOL". There's the AOL content perfectly free. |
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