nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
| pretty sad
it's quite a reflection on the state of broadband service in the U.S. that a strategy for pushing people to broadband is to raise the price for dial-up.
If we had any sort of competitive market at all there would probably at least be "broadband lite" tiers at $15-20/mo. |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
 ·AT&T Midwest
| There are "broadband lite" tiers at that price point in SBC and Verizon territory at least. $12.99/mo for 1536/384 (SBC) and that includes a free unlimited nationwide dialup account you can use a the same time while travelling, etc. Even factoring in the cost of the phone line (which you need with dialup anyway) it's less than what AOL wants to charge for dialup alone.
It's not broadband availability, it's inertia keeping these folks on a $25/mo dialup.
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Toolmaster of La Grange. |
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vinnie97
join:2003-12-05
Mesquite, TX | $13 is not for current customers, though. |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
·AT&T Midwest
| If they are on AOL dialup they wouldn't be 'current customers' now, would they?
And in fact if you know what you are doing you can be re-rated to the $12.99 rate even if you *are* a current DSL customer.
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Toolmaster of La Grange. |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to vinnie97
"$13 is not for current customers, though"
yeah thats sad but they do give you a lil deal i was paying 29.99 now I pay 21.99 for dslpro only 4 bucks over the first time buyer price and if you're lucky you might get a operator that will charge you the first time buyers price some people on here got that deal |
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