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join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD | must be competition.... FCC style. | |
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Porsche Snob
join:2001-12-13
State College, PA
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| Couldn't Sign Up My mom was looking to dump AOL last year when Verizon DSL768 was available in the Tampa Bay area. She was put on a waiting list because there weren't any available connections in her area. It's more than one year later and they've NEVER contacted her about signing up. Are they still not available?? She signed up for RoadRunner Lite for $19
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Fatal Vector
join:2005-11-26 | And so.
The ripoff begins. $20 for 768 DSL? Get real. | |
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Cheese
Premium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
clubs:
| Re: And so. said by Fatal Vector  :The ripoff begins. $20 for 768 DSL? Get real. It's faster then AoHell, and cheaper than AoHell as well. | |
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ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | Re: And so. AOL Dial-up is for $9.95 now. It's actually dropped even is posted on their website. | |
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join:2005-10-01
New Windsor, NY | Yea, and Road Runner Lite is a bargain at 384/128. And that goes from $19 promotion to $30. | |
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peter_m
Premium
join:2005-07-13
Canada, QC | Re: And so. What a rip-off!!!! | |
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join:2005-10-28
Kerrville, TX | Road Runner Lite was changed last year to 768/256. | |
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join:2006-04-27
Forest, OH | Just be thankfull that they can get broadband for $20. The only broadband I can get right now is a Verizon Wireless Aircard, that maxes out at 200kb and averages just over 100 for $60/month and a 2 yr service agreement | |
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join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | Re: And so. With TOS restrictions and transfer caps.  | |
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Grail Knight
Who Dares Wins
Premium
join:2003-05-31
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| Maybe for you but for me the $20 is a small price to pay compared to other options in my area.
Thats about as real as it gets.
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join:2005-11-26 | Re: And so.
Actually, I have 1.5/384 through AT&T at $13. I know it will likely go up, but even so it's still twice the speed.
7 times the speed of DSL? You mean dialup. oops.
And, yes. I consider $43 a month for 6 Mb to be a rip. | |
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join:2005-03-23
Peachtree City, GA | In the rural area in am in, my only options are expensive satellite or what I have, which is 512/128 dsl. I am extremely thankful for the latter at around that same price. | |
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join:2006-09-03
Marietta, GA | Re: And so. Peachtree City isn't THAT rural...I thought it was pretty close to Atlanta | |
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join:2005-03-23
Peachtree City, GA
1 edit | I've since moved, so now am very rural. Will have to change that profile one of these days. | |
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Slidetbone
Mazin Go
Premium
join:2002-11-10
Land O Lakes, FL
| Someone had to open up..sheesh!
Just remember folks; 768/128 DSL 6 years ago was $49.95.
$20 beats dial-up from the major ISP's. It is still a good deal.
Hey, prices go up, you know; Gas, cell plans, cable...it is all relative. They go up, then they go down.
I say too bad for those that did not take advantage of the $15 or $18 DSL plans when it was available. | |
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join:2004-03-17 | It still beats dialup and suits my 83 year old aunt just fine. | |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | Re: Couldn't Sign Up Its encouragement to go cable, for 5-$10 more you can get cable which can be between 3-10Meg down. | |
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Cheese
Premium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
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1 edit | Re: Couldn't Sign Up said by DaveNJ :Its encouragement to go cable, for 5-$10 more you can get cable which can be between 3-10Meg down. So 5-10 more would put it at 30 and under, I don't know of any cable company that is that inexpensive. Even with TV.... | |
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join:2002-01-05
Monroe, MI | Where?
Comcast? Add in another $10 because you don't take cable.
Charter? It's far more than just another $10 per month, plus the $10 surcharge if you don't take cable. | |
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My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
1 edit | Re: Couldn't Sign Up No, comcast DISCOUNTS it $10 for HAVING cable. The price of HSI is $52.00 a month.. it's $42.00 a month bundled.. you only see it the other way around when you want to be a walking wounded..
It's funny... Telephone companies discount while cable punishes.  Qwest does the same thing by charging $5 more with out not only having phone service, it has to ba a QUALIFYING phone PACKAGE and people in these areas say that it's a discount.
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Premium
join:2001-11-07
Providence, RI
| said by DaveNJ :Its encouragement to go cable, for 5-$10 more you can get cable which can be between 3-10Meg down. lol... $5 - $10 a month is a lot to most people, especially when they don't hold "internet connection speed" as one of the top 3 priorities in Life.
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thender2
Glamour Profession
Premium
join:2004-05-16
Staten Island, NY
| said by DaveNJ :Its encouragement to go cable, for 5-$10 more you can get cable which can be between 3-10Meg down. Yeah, and for people who just want to check mail and web browse a few times a month without waiting 2-5 seconds for a webpage to load, that extra $5-10 can be put to better use. Like a nice sandwich.  | |
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garagerock
Premium
join:2002-06-14
Louisville, KY | is this really a "hike"? come on...$4.99 more a month hardly constitues a "hike"...isn't it more like an "increase" or "adjustment"?
A "hike" would be more like $20/month. | |
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powerhog
Stinkin' up the joint
Premium
join:2000-12-14
Owasso, OK | Re: is this really a "hike"? A 33% increase sounds like a "hike" to me. | |
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Techman21
join:2005-04-14
Richmond, VA
| Its a hike, whether its slow or instant. They hiked it so that people would see the price tiers they have then move to the middle rung to get a better "deal".
Either way I think if you go with Verizon you're getting in bed with the devil.
I'll stick to my Embarq DSL thanks. I like the service I receive. The cost isn't much of an issue to me. Seeing as its a better deal than Adephia is willing to give. Take off your restrictions on what I can do with *my* connection and I might consider Adelphia. Not being able to run a server? Please. I like my dedicated line. | |
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join:2004-09-10
Bronx, NY | Re: Its a hike, whether its slow or instant. Don't you know the deal by now?.... Let the bait hit bottom;reel it up as fast as you can!...There should be plenty of fish this time around!. | |
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dmh748
join:2002-03-07
Boston, MA | That's about $25 after taxes and fees Covad DSL charges only the advertised amount, currently $24.95 for 1.5/128 DSL.
But Verizon keeps adding taxes and fees to the monthly amount, so when they advertise $20, it's really $25. | |
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Jodokast96
R.I.P Bassman442
Premium
join:2005-11-23
Erial, NJ | Re: That's about $25 after taxes and fees Verizon only adds fess in two states, IL and WA I beleive. | |
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Insider101
join:2006-09-19
Brooklyn, NY |  FIOS
Verizon = The Devil | |
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join:2000-07-05
Greensboro, NC
| Re: FIOS said by Insider101 :Wait until Verizon gets their state/nationwide franchises. Do you have any idea what types of games they will start to play with prices and net neutrality. The sky is falling! The sky is falling! | |
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join:2006-09-19
Brooklyn, NY | Re: FIOS The sky isnt falling but Verizon IS raising prices again. What was it last week? FIOS TV? Sounds like those shareholders are starting to demand a return lol. Its not even 2007 yet. | |
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join:2006-04-27
Forest, OH | Re: FIOS and the cable companies raised rates on tv the week before. So what's your point | |
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My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| Re: FIOS said by Nuts :and the cable companies raised rates on tv the week before. So what's your point If you have to ask that question then you are not paying attention to the mood around this place, are you?
The majority of people here think "FIOS" (a product name, not a company) is going to come in and save the day.. offer ultra high speeds, great TV services, better customer service, AND lower everyone's bills. Those people also believe that VERIZON is going to keep lowering bills on competition.. 
People who live in the real world... we know better. VERIZON (not fios) is not going to come in and do any of those things. They are fighting to remove ALL consumer protections.. they are FORCING customers to buy in a certain way, again outside regulated protections, and they are now starting to raise their bills, why? It's the gas station theory. When all the others raise their bills, the 4th will raise theirs, 'just because they can'.. and that's what the savior is doing today... inching the service up.
Life must be good looking through rose color glasses.
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iwantfastpah
join:2005-04-27
|  wow bs
Now I can see why I was told this crap. I will be hit with $20 a month + taxes now. Is there anything at all I can possibly do to at least stay at $17.99 for 1 year?
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@odu.edu | Re: wow bs If you completed the one year at 14.95 then you go month to month at 17.99. You don't have to do anything. | |
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Packeteers
Premium
join:2005-06-18
Forest Hills, NY
| 33% price increase in a year?! I started my Uncle at $15 last Xmas and now it's $20 with no speed increase? Verizon should automatically make $20 people get 1500 now that $30 people all get 3000 speed. It seems we cheap to implement DSL users are helping subsidize Verizon's expensive to build FiOS customers. It's just not fair, let them pay for their own fiber. | |
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Techman21
join:2005-04-14
Richmond, VA
| Read the TOS? I bet if these people actually read the TOS they'd find that this price changing [read:gouging] is allowed by said TOS.
It seems nowadays most people don't bother to read the small print, then wonder why their interest rate on their cc hikes to 22.5% APR after the first 6 to 12 months. I'm not one of those idiot college students that goes for those cc "scams". However I'm also in a boat where if I don't get one of those "scam" cc deals I'm gonna get screwed on trying to get a car or home later in life. Its a catch 22.
Same goes for broadband atm. Just about anyone you go with is going to be the devil. I have to admit Embarq is no saint. Sprint merely changed their name (for the most part). Prices did go down slightly. Although being single and hardly ever using my home phone the bundle "deal" isn't really a deal for me. Its good in that I save about 5-10 bucks a month because they screw you if you try to do otherwise. (Non-bundle that is)
Right now I pay around $70-75 a month for my 3.0Mbit with my phone bill included. Which only has the perk of getting a 'free' 30min long distance call a month. I do have call waiting, 3 way calling, etc. But the only thing I use is maybe the caller ID and I really don't even need that. I use my cell phone most of the time which is Cingular. That issue is a whole different story though... | |
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Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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clubs: | Re: Read the TOS?
70-75? yikes. i'm at about $50 with the deathstar although that only includes 60 minutes of long distance. thankfully, i told them i don't want their stupid in-home line repair scam. | |
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cdigioia
Premium
join:2005-06-08
korea, repub
·Korea Telecom
| said by Techman21 : I'm not one of those idiot college students that goes for those cc "scams". However I'm also in a boat where if I don't get one of those "scam" cc deals I'm gonna get screwed on trying to get a car or home later in life. Its a catch 22. It's not a Catch-22.
Get a credit card, don't carry a balance. Then you're building credit without paying a high interest rate. Problem solved. | |
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rpeAMP
join:2000-12-02
San Antonio, TX
| Wow Some of your comments are ridiculous, as usual.
This is simple economics. Faced with incredible demand for this package that Verizon cannot adequately accomodate (see other articles relating to this package), Verizon has two choices. They can either increase capacity or raise the price to curb demand. Most of the time, companies in this situation do a combination of both to maximize the potential of their efforts.
In short, their price raise is just as much about curbing the incredible demand as it is squeezing more money out of the package. | |
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join:2001-08-17
Dallas, TX | Re: Wow Odd how Verizon raises their price, and I just got my AT&T bill today with a flyer enclosed stating "upgrade your speed for just $5 more a month" on their DSL internet services. | |
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serge666
join:2004-06-07
Little Falls, NJ
| Cable looking better and better looks like Verizon is closing the price gap on Optimum Online as well. If they aren't careful, VZ will lose the tri-state area. I mean come on> 786/256k @ $20+tax+fees and then you have OOL> 15,000/2,000k @ $30/$45 OR 30,000/5,000k @ $55/$60. who cares if you don't need the speed, you never know that for sure and on top of that your PINGs with cable might be better so I say go with the better VALUE unless you think it's absolutely unnecessary.
...then again for you guys outside the tri-state it's still a bargain to get cable. I mean, how much is the regular DSL service cost and what's it's speed?? | |
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join:2005-01-22
Leominster, MA
| Re: Cable looking better and better I had Comcast at 8300/360 but moved so I was going to go to the $15.00 DSL. Then they told me about the price hike. PLUS, It was going to be 14 days until I got it. I had ordered the DSL, then cancelled it after some thinking about it. Verizon is terrible. I plan on getting away from them completely soon. There old landlines are even outrageous. Time to go Cell phone only now.
Now Comcast HSI was on when I connected the modem and did a little sign-up confirmation. PLUS. Instead of transferring my old account to the new address, I stopped service and did a name transfer from who was in the place before. Because It was considered a different account, there were no connection fee's and I got the 6 months HSI Deal for $19.95.
Cya Verizon. | |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000
| Earn big profits in 6 easy steps! /sarcasm on
Step 1: Get the FCC to deregulate DSL
Step 2: Drop DSL retail rates below your wholesale customers (Other ISPs)wholesale rate.
Step 3: Sustain loses with monies collected from USF and other tax breaks intended for FTTH.
Step 4: Once Mom and Pop ISPs are out of the way begin to raise prices.
Step 5: Form Coke/Pepsi relationship with the CableCo.
Step 6: Laugh all the way to the bank.
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Trinijoy
Premium
join:2005-09-12
Brick, NJ
2 edits | What a surprise... This makes DSL suck even more.
Yeah the CEO making 450,000 a year at Verizon needs to make 500,000 now, he wasn't making enough.
--Tears roll down eyes--
Oh yeah forgot, who ever works in the call center at Verizon will probably have pay cuts too, to compensate for the CEO's bigger salaries, and probably some lay-offs!
GO VERIZON! | |
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@adelphia.net
| Re: What a surprise... said by Trinijoy :This makes DSL suck even more. Yeah the CEO making 450,000 a year at Verizon needs to make 500,000 now, he wasn't making enough. --Tears roll down eyes-- Oh yeah forgot, who ever works in the call center at Verizon will probably have pay cuts too, to compensate for the CEO's bigger salaries, and probably some lay-offs! GO VERIZON! You are right about the layoffs. I worked in a call center with 228 people that was closed. Another call center in Texas was closed. They also laid off about a bunch of management staff across the country. | |
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xlimitx
join:2001-12-31
Wilkes Barre, PA | Not surprised... Verizon raises rates on FIOS TV and their slow tier DSL.
What's next? Are they going to raise their cell phone plans or landline prices?
No really, did no one see this coming? | |
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Rob A
Same Old Jets
Premium
join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ | It's still... A very good price for low-speed dsl. | |
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sekim
Premium,MVM
join:1999-08-17
Saint Petersburg, FL
·Verizon Online DSL
| about that price fwiw
Flyer from Verizon in todays mail. A large stuffer in with the grocery store weekly sales brochures.
Verizon DSL as low as $21.99 per month for new customers with a one year contract. Plus - Either a one time modem fee of $29.99 or a shipping and activation charge of $19.99 required. | |
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