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| Re: untrue said by BBC4544  :
... have said that the ILEC's will not lower their prices because they are evil. Someone please HELP!! The sky is falling!!!!
The bellcos only lower their prices where they absolutely have to or are forced to by law. When Comcast completes the HSI upgrade in our area, it will be interesting to see if SBC will still want $180/mo for a 128kb ISDN line.
And with Packet8 and Vonage over a cable line, the evil telcos may have to drop the price of that bandwidth-challenged voice line too. Good times are coming!
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The bellcos only lower their prices where they absolutely have to or are forced to by law. When Comcast completes the HSI upgrade in our area, it will be interesting to see if SBC will still want $180/mo for a 128kb ISDN line.
I'm not sure what century you're living in, but the last I checked, 128Kbps ISDN is NOT DSL. From the prices I've seen, I haven't ever seen a 2 channel ISDN line costing more than $80-100 per month either. $180?
This is a moot point anyways- has it ever occurred to you that the Bells are trying to encourage customers to change FROM ISDN to newer technologies like DSL by making price such a large factor? This is why parts for a 1990 vehicle are so expensive to buy. Auto manufacturers are trying to encourage people to simply BUY A NEW CAR!
This isn't to be able to gouge consumers.
"Gee... lower prices... speed tiers... extra items and options... must be a monopolistic attempt to gouge customers- they're only doing it to run everyone out of business that doesn't want to compete... then the price will be $8 million per HOUR! Just wait!"
Right... just keep complaining about how unfair it is that you can't complain anymore.
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The bellcos only lower their prices where they absolutely have to or are forced to by law. When Comcast completes the HSI upgrade in our area, it will be interesting to see if SBC will still want $180/mo for a 128kb ISDN line.
I'm not sure what century you're living in, but the last I checked, 128Kbps ISDN is NOT DSL. From the prices I've seen, I haven't ever seen a 2 channel ISDN line costing more than $80-100 per month either. $180?
Unbelievable isn't it!
269-468-xxxx There is the exchange, pick a number!
said by boogie74 :
This is a moot point anyways- has it ever occurred to you that the Bells are trying to encourage customers to change FROM ISDN to newer technologies like DSL by making price such a large factor? This is why parts for a 1990 vehicle are so expensive to buy. Auto manufacturers are trying to encourage people to simply BUY A NEW CAR!
Has it ever occurred to you that SBC doesn't offer DSL in our area? The ISDN-car is the only model available from Coloma's Model-T phone exchange.
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| ISDN pricing has a lot to do with old tariff laws on the books (at least in america). thats why ISDN was totally passed over for the consumer market. thats also why IDSL (ISDN over DSL) 144/144 is so expensive.
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| Re: untrue said by dvd536 :
ISDN pricing has a lot to do with old tariff laws on the books (at least in america). thats why ISDN was totally passed over for the consumer market. thats also why IDSL (ISDN over DSL) 144/144 is so expensive.
So the big bad government forced the telcos to overinflate the price of ISDN?
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| Sure, too bad they require bundled crappy overpriced POTS service to get it. And SBC and Verizon are wasting no time trying to get new price hikes on POTS through to make up for these "gifts".
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| Re: untrue (sniff sniff) would you like a tissue??? Heaven forbid a company bundles a product that they have every right to bundle. grow up, if you want dsl that bad without dial tone, buy a dslam, register as a CLEC, buy a dry pair and supply your own damn dsl and quit crying!!!!! | |
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Corona, CA | Re: untrue Yep, just don't claim that they're cutting prices when they aren't. Telco shills, gotta love their revisionist history. | |
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| Re: untrue said by BBC4544 :
prove that they are not!!!!
SBC's fine print. »www02.sbc.com/DSL_new/content/0,···&RI=&RD=
*Offer requires a one-year term agreement. After the expiration of this term agreement, the then-current month-to-month or applicable term price will apply. The regular monthly price for the service, modem charge and activation fee of $50.00 will appear on the first bill along with any corresponding and offsetting credits. Offer is available for a limited period of time and is subject to change without notice. Early termination fee of $200 applies if service is cancelled before expiration of term.
You should probably bother looking up the answer before you ask the question. You'll save yourself these types of embarrassment.
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| Re: untrue LOL! Way to spin guy. So I guess with your logic, Comcast cut their rates for a 6 month term by over 50% to just $19.95.
You shills just crack me up.
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| Re: untrue what spin, the price used to be $50 a month, they dropped it to $30, that is decreasing the price what don't you understand??? YOU claimed
"Yep, just don't claim that they're cutting prices when they aren't."
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| Re: untrue Keep diggin'. The price still is $50 unless you sign a contract with bundled POTS service (running the price up another $15 minimally) and after the 12 month intro price it goes back to the $50 month-to-month price (plus the price of the POTS). And if you should move, or need to cancel service...ding ding ding, $200 penalty.
Again, with your brilliance, Comcast magically cut their rates by over 50%. LMAO.
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| said by BBC4544 :
This cannot be happening because all the chicken littles (krk, briandamage, tofarfromco(otherwise known at 2dumb4dsl)) have said that the ILEC's will not lower their prices because they are evil. Someone please HELP!! The sky is falling!!!!
Nice garbage there. Lower price but slower speed? Big whoop.
This is what happens in areas where there is competition.... try looking at the big picture for once, instead of wearing your Telco issued Blinders.
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| Re: untrue Lower price but slower speed?
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lower prices and higher speeds, if you pay more then the current price you can call and get your price lowered and get a free modem. Also, this offer is in all areas, competition or not. NOW who is wearing the blinders ,or are you just an out right liar. Just because you say it does not make it true. KrK i will allow you a brief moment to remove your foot from your mouth and have a slice of humble pie.
BOW DOWN O STUPID ONE!!!!!
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Wrong. Lower prices... on new lower-speed tiers. Some lower prices on introductory offers, that then go back up to full rate. BIG WHOOP. | |
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| What are you talking about??? I have said recently that DSL prices will approach 0, and it still won't matter. DSL is dead no matter what the prices are. RBOCs are evil; they are STUPID. They won't ever beat cable until they make it available. Maybe you missed my post where I said that there are only 3 problems with DSL:
1. Availability
2. Availability
3. Availability
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| Re: untrue Hehe....How true! Want DSL? Move to an area that has it or wait til it's serviced in your area. DSL providers have only had the last 7-8 years to be able to build up their networks, cable companies have had at least twice that. Plus Cable hasn't been in the ground for anywhere near the time that phone lines have been in the ground. Give cable lines an extra 25 or so years on their age and see if they still hold up like new cable. | |
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Palo Alto, CA | Huh. Last time I checked, the only lower prices are for the first year, then prices go back up to "normal". Funny that most people can't see past 12 months. | |
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| Re: untrue said by JakCrow :
Huh. Last time I checked, the only lower prices are for the first year, then prices go back up to "normal". Funny that most people can't see past 12 months.
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ravital
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| said by BBC4544 :
This cannot be happening because all the chicken littles (krk, briandamage, tofarfromco(otherwise known at 2dumb4dsl))
Does that make you Big Turkey? Otherwise know as 2smart4hisowngood?
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Corona, CA | Re: Monster? Verizon has the same problem with their ordering system misreporting who can get service. | |
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| Re: Me no go DSL till..... said by Julio :
until DSL ISP offer a minimum of 2Mbit down and 384KB/s for a price of $41.95 or lower i aint leaving my cable service.
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| Linksys router not working with SBC DSL I am having problems getting my Linksys BEFSR41 (4 Port) router to work with SBC DSL (Speedware 5100 modem). I successfully installed the modem and it's accompanying software.
After checking that I had access to the internet (yes, very fast) I used the CD provided (by Linksys) and followed the instructions for using the router with a DSL modem. At the point where you check the router to make sure the settings are correct (using PPPoE, username, password) everything looked correct. The router installation softwares next step took me to the Linksys registration page. At this point my internet connection ceased to function.
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Morganton, NC | Re: Linksys router not working with SBC DSL Your post will probably get more response if you post in the linksys forum »Linksys
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| said by jscally3 :
I am having problems getting my Linksys BEFSR41 (4 Port) router to work with SBC DSL (Speedware 5100 modem). I successfully installed the modem and it's accompanying software.
After checking that I had access to the internet (yes, very fast) I used the CD provided (by Linksys) and followed the instructions for using the router with a DSL modem. At the point where you check the router to make sure the settings are correct (using PPPoE, username, password) everything looked correct. The router installation softwares next step took me to the Linksys registration page. At this point my internet connection ceased to function.
I followed the power cycling instructions from Linksys to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have the same router and dsl modem.
I don't have any problems with it.
Did you reset the Dsl modem after you hooked it up to the router?
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join:2001-05-18
Chicago, IL
| drop Comcast Everybody should drop their cable internet thats the only way they'll learn not to raise rates every chance they get, I got rid of Comcast for SBC DSL and now pay $15 dollars less a month, am very happy with no problems at all.
I used to have ATT cable they used to raise their rates every 6 months, their the worst company ever.
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USA | Re: drop Comcast Well we could do that if we had a choice. I have only once choice and that is Comcast. DSL is not available in my area and probably will never be. I live 1500 Ft from the Co... | |
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dvd536
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| Re: drop Comcast said by Cougar311 :
Well we could do that if we had a choice. I have only once choice and that is Comcast. DSL is not available in my area and probably will never be. I live 1500 Ft from the Co...
1500 feet is VERY CLOSE in terms of DSL. perhaps thats a typo and you meant 15000 (15k feet)???
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|  No cable competition here
Cable internet was tried on the municipally owned system, but it failed miserably. The suits who had the power to decide how to implement broadband were totally un informed on any technical issues, and failed to seek any information from parties who were not involved in the process. The only information provided to the suits was from the employees of the cable system, and the companies bidding for the contract.
Failure resulted due to a number or reasons:
1. It was a one way system, dialup was necessary for upload.
2. It was priced at $49.95, just like DSL.
3. It was under publicized and improperly marketed, little newspaper or radio advertising, no mailouts (not even bill inserts), only telemarketing was done.
4. The office employees of the cable system had no information about the service, no pricing, not even a telephone number for customers to contact if they wanted the service. The response when I asked about it was that I would have to wait for a telephone sales rep to call me, because they were calling all cable subscribers over a 30 day period.
At the end of the initial contract with the city, one year later, the contractor pulled out without requesting a renewal. Grapevine information said they had less than ten subscribers. That may be an unfounded rumor, but that is the story I have heard from several sources.
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| Re: No cable competition here I believe I read this story somewhere.
So Bellsouth has you stuck at ADSL 256 upload only while the rest of ADSL world can host games? Interesting
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| Re: No cable competition here said by Juke Box :
I believe I read this story somewhere.
So Bellsouth has you stuck at ADSL 256 upload only while the rest of ADSL world can host games? Interesting
Most DSL's upload is 128kbps unless you are springing for more than $100/mo to get better upload rates.
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clubs: | SBC I'm glad I got in on the 6Mbit SBC deal for $99 a month while I could, it's sweet. Been a happy camper since I got it. Far better than my cable ever was, even when roadrunner was uncapped it wasn't as good or reliable as my DSL. | |
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| Re: SBC 1) Your $99 deal will go up to $179, and 2) You must live very near a CO because hardly anyone can get those speeds.... but congrats anyway.
If SBC hadn't blocked them, I'd of had DSL with those speeds down and 1.5 up for about $60 back in 1997.
I love SBC. They are so awesome. They rule. I love giving them tons of money, for minimal services. Ah!
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Westland, MI | Re: SBC Where are you getting the information that the $99 deal is going up to $179? In the Ameritech region, the non-promotional rate for this package is $139.95. A year from now, it may be higher or may be lower. | |
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| DSL > Cable in my area I think TimeWarner is preventing my DSL company to advertise the service in TV. (Roadrunner and TimeWarner are very close) While majority of the people in my town is on RR, I am on a better service. 3000 kbs down and 128 kbs up for $40! Screw cable. | |
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Phoenix, AZ
| Re: DSL > Cable in my area maybe its just a futile point. dsl simply cant compete with cable. here theres a Cox cable ad on in at least every 20 minutes. Where are you Qwest? why blow money on advertising an inferior product (slower, not available everywhere, distance issues, expensive). Cable has nothing to fear from DSL, they are only losing ad revenue.
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| Re: DSL > Cable in my area said by dvd536 :
maybe its just a futile point. dsl simply cant compete with cable. here theres a Cox cable ad on in at least every 20 minutes. Where are you Qwest? why blow money on advertising an inferior product (slower, not available everywhere, distance issues, expensive). Cable has nothing to fear from DSL, they are only losing ad revenue.
Hmmmm, the only thing I see in the user's opinion on Cox cable is complaint on speed caps because they are running p2p applications.(In which some of them are not) The only thing that cable can "improve" is it's speeds by adding more fat wires to their back-bone while in DSL, scientists can study and improve DSL technology. (VDSL > T3) | |
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Belpre, OH
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I love the debates that spawn from these posts!
All I know is, in my area, our 'national' cable company has been raising prices and lowering bandwidth, while our DSL provider has been lowering prices and raising bandwidth, and the 'small fry' cable-company has been standing put, in the middle of the two, value-wise. And in both the big cable and DSL providers' cases, these are NATIONAL policies... some people mention that cable companies charge less in areas with Competition... sorry, but Charter in our area, with CAS as competition, isn't lowering prices.. they are just going up. Perhaps, though, that's because Charter still enjoys a much greater area in which they are able to get cable service to.
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| It's still Location, Location, Location.... Been on SBC DSL, generic package at 1500/128 for a year and one half now. Not the fastest service on the block, but the price, stability and service has been top-notch.
My dad has cable (different part of the state), also a 1500/128 service...stable, reliable, great service.
They're priced within a couple of bucks of each other...which is better? IMHO, it's a draw. Some places have mediocre DSL, due to either distance from CO/RT, or the provider involved. Some places have mediocre cable service, due to number of customers per node, or again, the provider involved. That's why you see such a wide range on "opinions" on which is better.
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ravital
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Merrimack, NH
| The right to guaranteed results From the article:
"Phone companies could see the demand (for broadband), but the dial-up Internet business was very good for them," said Jim Penhune, an analyst at market research firm Strategy Analytics. "It drove up demand for second phone lines."
So... They saw the writing on the wall, decided to ignore it and be complacent because business was good... and now they're holding their breath to get more after the FCC gave them what they wanted, and they're still whining about regulation.
I'd love to see what happens to anyone who demands himself into a corner, threatening us with severe sulking: Let's regulate CABLE so they are on the same footing as DSL, and see what new and creative excuse these prima donnas come up with. | |
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join:2003-06-30
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| Get it straight on SBC contracts and pricing Heres the deal folks the prices for DSL through SBC is 29.95 for basic and standard, 39.95 for deluxe, and 99 for expert on the promotional plan. The month to month rates right now are 39.95 for basic, 49.95 for standard, 59.95 for deluxe, and 139 for expert. However at the end of your term you can sign up for whatever the promotional offer is at the time, in fact sbc will contact you to give you this option. These prices are not going up because of the high level of competition in the high speed market. And as far as cable goes I would say anyone paying 40+ per month for an oversaturated market in which your supposed high speeds are being sucked up by your neighbors who share your bandwidth is a fool, but more power to you.
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| Re: Get it straight on SBC contracts and pricing The ONLY REASON the RBOCs need to offer such extreme promotions is because they don't have nearly the customer base to sell to that cable does as the availabilit is far less. They simply aren't playing with a full deck. It's costing them more money to fewer people just to find out that cable modems already have all of their potential customers signed up. Meanwhile they miss the specific locations that don't have cable modems. I don't care if the price goes to $9.95/month, cable will still dominate becaue of availability. | |
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join:2000-08-15
Wylie, TX
| JA I have heard some really harsh comments about the Regional Bells .. I happen to work for SBC and since I want broadband and will not ever do dialup again Iam forced to use a cable setup. My connection has been very stable except for a couple of outages. I was not too impressed by the support personnell because they could not even tell me if there was a network problem, but since service shortly afterwards I can't complain, where I can complain is the price $50.00 amount after purchaceeing the cable modem,(SBC give it to ya for free). I have had SBC DSL both with Ameritech and Southwestern Bell, and I enjoyed very good connections and speed, I can honestly say that I can't remember an outage. The point I'm getting to is that both technologies have their strong point and if managed correctly will give the desired results, broadband internet and reliable. I would like to know though what make the Telco's so evil and not the Cable companies...and Oh yeah the Telco's are basically required to support the expensive ISDN, which cost the Telco from $900.00 to $2000.00 to condition a line for it. Case in point a business customer and SBC were sued buy the customer's employee because SBC could not supply them with ISDN @ thier house without adding a repeater'd line....end result SBC footed the bill of $2000.00 for the repeatered line and about $900.00 to remove any load coils and bridgetap.. and she still may had problems on it. I guess we could have built a switch within a mile of her house. Sorry for being so long winded, but some of use should not take this so personal, if you are a die hard cable guy and can't get what you want from the telco then stick with Cable no matter the price scheme, but I will only have broadband , if DSL becomes avail here I will drop Cable in a heart beat.. | |
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Flibbetigibbet
@lmco.com
| Cable vs. Bells? Some choice! Heck, I don't pick favorites here--I think the Bells and cable companies ALL suck.
Semi-seriously, if BellSouth (my own lovable monopoly) was really interested in 'customer service,' they'd give me the option to drop my POTS and just have a DSL line. Since they won't, my only option is to keep paying their outrageous local service fees ($29/month in suburban Atlanta--for the same no-frills 'service' I paid $15 for in Florida) on top of monthly DSL charges, or switch to Charter cable. And I really hate cable companies.
Talk about being between a rock and a lousy ISP. How well is that satellite broadband doing these days...? | |
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st4t1c
Nihilist.
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join:2004-10-03
Boulder Creek, CA
3 edits | delete post. topic too old to reply to. withdrawn. | |
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