Re: BYOA needs to be cheaper in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r9509381 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:34:44 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:34:44 EDT Re: BYOA needs to be cheaper http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9509720 Rob :
said by tsifox See Profile:
I just called them and told them a friend pays $9.95 while I pay $14.95 for the same service and he told me that was a special promotion or something.I asked him if he can switch me to that plan now and he said that it is no longer available.It sucks how they treat long time customers so I guess that's why many people cancel their service.
I may try again and if it doesn't work I will ask them to cancel it.


Cancelling won't be as easy as 1-2-3. A friend of mine had OAL for 8 months free. She'd call every month and tell them she didn't have the money (and she really didn't), so they'd give her 3 months free, and 3 months free and 3 months free. Finally on the 8th month they cancelled her account.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9509720 Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:19:46 EDT Re: BYOA needs to be cheaper http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9509571 Mtav80 : Just call and cancel. I swear buddy of mine got AOL free for 10 months. Just called in to cancel every couple months. Was pretty funny.
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I may try again and if it doesn't work I will ask them to cancel it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9509398 Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:41:18 EDT Re: BYOA needs to be cheaper http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9509381 justin : 5 hours dialup i think.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9509381 Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:38:57 EDT interesting http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9508910 odog : $8 bucks is certainly worth it to many people... ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9508910 Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:40:40 EDT Re: BYOA needs to be cheaper http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9508891 eco : How many hours do you get with the 14.95 BYOA? I may be interested in this. I currently still have my old AOL account which I've had for about 12 years now, which I currently just use for vacations and such since I got a cable modem in 1999. I have the unlimited plan and wouldn't mind saving 10 bucks since I only need it for a few hours while on vacation.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9508891 Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:37:32 EDT Re: BYOA needs to be cheaper http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9508881 Rob : I, too, pay $7.95/mo. for AOL BYOA. The plan is no longer available, a new plan is tho, $9.95/mo. It's a "don't ask, dont tell" plan through AOL. Call them up, tell a friend has it for $9.95, you want it for $9.95 or you'll cancel.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9508881 Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:36:34 EDT Re: BYOA needs to be cheaper http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9508831 Mtav80 :
said by DHRacer See Profile:
How do you get this? My g/f has AOL and her parents have DSL, so she pays $15 a month just to put a front end on the DSL connection (and she pays half the DSL connection because they got it for her).


Call AOL. Tell them you think $15 is too much and threaten to cancel. You will get get a least a couple months of free service. Then they might tell you how to get the cheaper BYOA.
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I've tried telling her she's paying too much and she could save some money, but every time I get her to call they tell her the $14.95 thing, and she doesn't argue about it and hangs up. She will never need the Dial-up, why don't they (AOL) be straight about that and offer only what's needed?
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However you have to have people wanting all that content.
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drop it back to $9.95 and more people will take that option.

i don't use AOL, but suggest it to people when they are to intimidated by IE/outlook. at $14.95 is a hard sell, for $10 it wouldn't be nearly as hard.
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