jipper
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Stanton, MI | Has anyone noticed....
Companies such as AT&T, Verizon, and Qwest have all started referring to DSL as HSI. I find it intresting and wonder if they are doing this to position it as not a data service but a different kind of service to charge another fee? Any thoughts? |
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china crisis
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| said by jipper  :Companies such as AT&T, Verizon, and Qwest have all started referring to DSL as HSI. Just another one of the Telco's lies. |
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I'm not sure that it makes any difference. DSL is unregulated whether they call it DSL or HSI, so they can tack on fees whenever they want regardless. Maybe they think "HSI" is a better marketing term.
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| said by pb5k :I'm not sure that it makes any difference. DSL is unregulated whether they call it DSL or HSI, so they can tack on fees whenever they want regardless. Maybe they think "HSI" is a better marketing term. They certainly are legally safe in doing what they are doing. But it is misleading, and I prefer doing business with straightforward companies whenever possible and take that into account when choosing a service.
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pb5k
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| Very true. I don't like it either, but this is one of those "it's legal, but definitely not honest" situations. Not a lot that the individual can do - if you're fortunate there may be a competitor in the area with comparable service, so you could switch I suppose...though many dsl users are on contracts and would have to pay a termination fee.
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trouble is the competition just follows suit and invents their own new fees as well. Telecom is not an honest industry and is full of "WeaselSharks"(aka sneaky bastards who enter a feeding frenzy at the smell of cash).
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said by jipper :Companies such as AT&T, Verizon, and Qwest have all started referring to DSL as HSI. I find it intresting and wonder if they are doing this to position it as not a data service but a different kind of service to charge another fee? Any thoughts? Qwest? Really? I can only speak of Qwest since I am in their territory. But every comercial, advertisement, and bill I get from them still says DSL.
Even if they call it HSI, (High speed internet) isn't it? It IS high speed internet. I think more people look for high speed internet and not necessarily "DSL".. maybe it's just a smart marketing move. Believe it or not, not everyone out there understands broadband like the visitors of sites like this do. As people what DSL is and they will stare back with a blank look. Many people that have DSL or cable modem service are pretty much saturdated by now. The next group of people are the slow adopters and you need to speak their language...
Many of these people are on dial up still. To them, it's SLOW INTERNET... So, to call the service HIGH SPEED INTERNET will grab these people's attention better than DSL will.
Positiion it as a data service? That was already done by the supreme court about a year ago. |
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broadbander
join:2005-07-21
Brooklyn, NY
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said by GOLFnSUN :said by pb5k :I'm not sure that it makes any difference. DSL is unregulated whether they call it DSL or HSI, so they can tack on fees whenever they want regardless. Maybe they think "HSI" is a better marketing term. They certainly are legally safe in doing what they are doing. But it is misleading, and I prefer doing business with straightforward companies whenever possible and take that into account when choosing a service. Yes, it is indeed legal, but it is also the perfect evidence to show Americans that telecommunications is not dictated by the free market/competition like most industries.
When a fee is waived and "competitors'" prices do not go down accordingly, what is evident? |
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bcunningh
join:2005-04-01
Seattle, WA | reply to jipper
I think it is interesting that nearly every Qwest commercial I see is pitching phone service labeled as "Digital Voice" I've not been able to figure out if this is some sort of VoIP service or just their new name for POTS. |
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werwerasdfsadf
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Because High Speed Internet will often not be delivered over DSL. FIOS certainly isn't DSL and Lightspeed isn't DSL in some places. |
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