djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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| reply to Rick
Re: One thing I just don't get is why.....
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the telco's are SO insistent on requiring that people ALSO subscribe to their phone service as well in order to get HSI.
That's not going to last long. SBC is required to offer naked DSL soon as a condition of the AT&T merger. Verizon is also required to offer it due to the MCI merger. The real question is, how much of a premium are they going to charge for the privilege of not having POTS? Comcast, for example, charges $15 more per month and gives you lower speeds if you don't have cable service with them. Who's to say SBC and Verizon won't pull the same tactic?
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Pathfinder
Dazed Confused
Premium
join:2000-03-26
Mount Vernon, NY | Verizon offers naked DSL now. It has a $5 premium. |
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TheGhost
Premium
join:2003-01-03
Lake Forest, IL
clubs:
·AT&T U-Verse
·Comcast
| I checked about 1/2 yr ago here and premium for Comcast HSI here in NE Illinois for non-TV subscribers was equal to cost of getting basic service (~$17).
Telco requires you to have line as a premium, while Cable will sell you service w/o, but charge you the same. |
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