AnonProxy
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1 edit | There is a bit of a price war
AOL is boosting the cost of their dial up to move people to broadband (they are at war with themselves)
SOme places are offering low tiered service cheap...but really putting it to ya for the high speed stuff.
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lvas
join:2001-05-17
Glen Carbon, IL | avg rate is not 34.99 for dsl
$12.99 per month is 12-month promotional rate for AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Express with an ongoing rate of $29.99 per month after the promotional term |
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averagedude
join:2002-01-30
Mesa, AZ | Remember the $29.99 is just the base, now add all the "fees". |
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KrazyDawg
join:2001-02-07
Vallejo, CA
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said by lvas  :$12.99 per month is 12-month promotional rate for AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Express with an ongoing rate of $29.99 per month after the promotional term It is the average rate when you're not counting the promotional 12 month offer. Also, that offer is not available to everyone so the average rate on the article isn't off by a large margin. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
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said by averagedude :Remember the $29.99 is just the base, now add all the "fees". YEAH!. take your bottom basement DSL at $14.99/mo and after all the bull$hit fees, you are up to cable pricing. only cable at that price is like 5 times faster that that DSL.
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wev567
join:2006-02-25
Pittsburgh, PA | How much is yer cable? Even if the "fees" are 6.95 a month (which I doubt), yer cable would have to be $24 or so to be the same. And 5 times faster isn't important to the $14.95 DSL buyer. |
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fiberguy
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| said by wev567 : And 5 times faster isn't important to the $14.95 DSL buyer. Speak for yourself. Many people want the price AND the speed. Until you do a scientific survey or study, you are not qualified to make such a statement.
Hell, you only have to go as far as BBR here to see that people believe that 15mb or 30mb speeds should be priced at about $20. |
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wev567
join:2006-02-25
Pittsburgh, PA
| Some people also believe it should be about 10 cents a mb, but when will that happen? If you can get 5 times faster for $5 or $10 a month more, go for it. Cable is billing itself as a "deluxe" service, and overall prices itself accordingly. The bells are working on entry level broadband converts while they build a fiber network to compete. If you think that the telcos are forcing 768 DSL on people who would rather have 15mb, you must not be watching the ads touting "My DSL is so much faster than dial-up." |
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RogerB34
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join:2004-07-01
San Diego, CA
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Re: There is a bit of a price war
There isn't a broadband price war with respect to performance.
While I pay $45 for cable at 4600 kpbs, my neighbors pay $17 for 360 kpbs dsl.
They are happy to have always available connects and the snail download speeds are ok. AT&T is thrilled to have them.
Why would AT&T increase performance to customers who haven't the slightest clue?
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