quetwo
That VoIP Guy
Premium
join:2004-09-04
East Lansing, MI
|  reply to john262
Re: Those ISP's will drive up prices.
Just remember, that SBC's $19.95 is only for x months. After the first (in Michigan it's 6 months), it bumps up to $39.95. Not only that, but unlike other ISP's, you are REQUIRED to get SBC's "All-Distance" service, for a mere $35/mo (Plus 'taxes', but lets not get into that discussion here).
Luckly, I still live in a state that SBC is required to sell unbundled pairs off their copper-plant. Meaning -- local ISP's can sell dry-pair DSL service.
SBC says that in some states this cannot be done, yet all the DSLAMS they installed in the past 5 years can work just fine on a dry-pair. In-fact, it works better, and get DSL to customers even further from the copper-plant.
And as far as the discussion of T1 service being more reliable -- just remember, in most of N. America, most T1 circuits are really dry-pair DSL circuits, that have monitors on them. Look for your local SmartJack -- chances are it's a DSL circuit that uses the full in-band signal, instead of the upper and lower band. |
john262
join:2003-09-26
Elko, NV
 ·Wireless Beehive
| They routinely renew subscribers at their present rate, and they also routinely let you change to a lower rate at renewal time if one is available. This is well documented at the SBC forum right here at BBR.
Of course nothing is forever, and their policies may change sometime in the future, but you can also say that about any other carrier that you sign up with bar none. |
