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pnh102
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Re: Disagree

said by major marco See Profile :

Sorry, the old, a lot of people including myself story just is not credible. I want to see actual proof that your alleged "threats" to cut off services with your BB provider resulted in something tangible/credible and not a round of laughter from your ISP.
Would before-and-after bills do it?
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said by pnh102 See Profile :

said by major marco See Profile :

Sorry, the old, a lot of people including myself story just is not credible. I want to see actual proof that your alleged "threats" to cut off services with your BB provider resulted in something tangible/credible and not a round of laughter from your ISP.
Would before-and-after bills do it?
Yes. I'd like to see scanned before & after threats to disconnect invoicing with personal information of course redacted. Somehow I don't buy your story either that making threats to disconnect somehow induces an ISP to discount services.

I'm inclined to agree with marco that making such threats elicits a round of laughter or five since there really isn't any "competition" to speak of. What're you going to do if you disagree with your ISP...threaten to go to DSL instead? That presupposes that you live close enough to the switch get service. Fine if you do, but if you don't, then you really have no leverage whatsoever since your only other choice is dial up. Service providers already know this since they bought off donated campaign cash to the necessary politicos to ensure that there isn't any meaningful competition among providers in any given market.
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