said by nasadude 
:The telcos have rolled out "incentive" pricing, like 29.95 for first 3 months, then up to 39.95 or whatever. When you look at these rates over 2-3years there is very little saving over paying full rate for the whole time. And, the only reason the telcos are giving these temporary discounts is because they're getting scared of falling behind the cablecos. Just not scared enough to permanently lower prices.
If you look at the first post of mine with the three telco examples, they are not promotional rates but 
