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| Re: That's how they lost their huge adds For those that don't want to search the PDf, the merger agreement prices for 768kbps are $19.95 for direct access (without a land-line phone)and $10.00 with a land-line phone. It is for new DSL customers only which includes, of course, existing dial-up customers. | |
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@bu.edu | Re: That's how they lost their huge adds I forgot to say that for those prices the modem is supplied and not charged for. | |
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Dogfather
Altitude is your friend
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Laguna Hills, CA | Re: That's how they lost their huge adds It's like they had a BOD meeting and asked, what can we do to stop customers from subscribing. Then did it. | |
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Lake Zurich, IL
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| Even better would be $1.99 per month -- they could lose even more money per customer. Sounds like a good business plan to me... 
For $10 a month if a customer calls in for support it probably takes 6 months to recoup the expense. If people who buy dirt cheap connections also have old crappy computers, their ISP get saddled with a very unprofitable bunch of customers. | |
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Dogfather
Altitude is your friend
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Laguna Hills, CA | Re: That's how they lost their huge adds The reality is the data services division was profitable then. This round of greed will bite them in the ass. | |
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Lake Zurich, IL | Re: That's how they lost their huge adds Divison? When did we shift to talking about divisions? I thought we were discussing tiers and customers? | |
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Dogfather
Altitude is your friend
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Laguna Hills, CA | Re: That's how they lost their huge adds You mentioned "losing money per customer". They never lost money per customer. | |
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Lake Zurich, IL | Re: That's how they lost their huge adds Ah, I see where you're coming from. I mean individual customers paying $10/month is a losing price point. | |
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Dogfather
Altitude is your friend
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Laguna Hills, CA | Re: That's how they lost their huge adds I'm not sure that it is. Given the opportunity to up-sell, and the tie to overpriced POTS it sure looks like it would still be a net gainer for them. At $15 it was a big gainer for them. | |
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
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| Re: That's how they lost their huge adds How do you figure? The cost of a DSL modem and a truck roll for the install means it requires many months to move a customer into the black. We're not talking Comcast subcontractors here, AT&T's a union shop and they pay good wages to techs.
People seem to have an idea in their head about how much something "should" cost (thanks in no small part to people like BBR's own Karl, who skews every news story to further his views and manipulates statistics or manufatures meaningless metrics to try to prove a point). When one's world view dictates that all corporations are inherently evil and out to screw the little guy, it's an easy trap to fall into, but it's not intellectually valid. | |
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Parakletos
@cisco.com
| DSL advertising No general consumer even knew that the $10 per month bundle existed. It is not advertised today. There are many businesses that would still opt for it. Totally worthless FCC and public service commission enforcement of the deal's T&C's. For once I agree with the democrats and that sucks. | |
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r81984
Tough to beat.
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join:2001-11-14
Morgan City, LA
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| Re: DSL advertising said by Parakletos :
No general consumer even knew that the $10 per month bundle existed. It is not advertised today. There are many businesses that would still opt for it. Totally worthless FCC and public service commission enforcement of the deal's T&C's. For once I agree with the democrats and that sucks.
I knew about it just by going to the ATT site when I was trying to find out the prices of DSL. The link to the $10 dsl is clearly marked on their site. I only knew of its existence from seeing it posted there.
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Lake Zurich, IL | It's not offered to businesses. Elect more Democrats and you'll have all the regulation and oversight your business can handle, and then some. | |
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morbo
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clubs: | Re: DSL advertising or elect more Republicans and watch as the collapse of the U.S.'s financial institutions bring you and your retirement (ha!) to your knees. | |
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| Re: DSL advertising said by morbo  :or elect more Republicans and watch as the collapse of the U.S.'s financial institutions bring you and your retirement (ha!) to your knees. hehe... check your facts and see which party gets more contributions from Wall Street and Fannie/Freddie. Wasn't the Democrat Congress going to fix all this starting in 2006? | |
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clubs: | Re: DSL advertising i was pointing out the failure of your logic and coming back at you with the same line of thinking.
neither republican or democrat describes me. | |
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graysonf
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join:1999-07-16
Fort Lauderdale, FL | I didn't have any trouble finding the $10 offer.... I didn't have any trouble finding the $10 offer....I read about it here on DSLReports! | |
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Washington, IN | Re: I didn't have any trouble finding the $10 offer.... How many consumers and small to medium business come to this site for info on rates??? Not enough...  | |
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dr3yec
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graysonf
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Fort Lauderdale, FL | I've been here ten years. I can't help those who can't or won't search around some. | |
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ninjatutle
You can keep the "change"
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| I switched my mother's house over the weekened and did the ordering. One of the ordering steps asked if they had any DSL service within the past year. If you chose no, you have the option of the $10 rate. I picked the higher rate for them because of the free modem rebate and $100 cash back you only get with 6mb or 3mb. | |
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graysonf
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Fort Lauderdale, FL | Re: I didn't have any trouble finding the $10 offer.... That's right. The offer is exposed to those who qualify for it. | |
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meh37
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FAQFixer
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Powder Springs, GA
| Karl Strikes Again The only reason Kommie Karl has trouble finding the deal is because he is blinded by hate and bias. It is clearly marked on the website (please reference the earlier post with links). Of course Karl also doesn't make mention that $14.95 is for existing customers and customers that don't qualify for the $10 package. The $10 deal has certain limitations, time frames, and qualifications because of the merger concessions. So people who normally pay $19.95 can reduce their bill $5...which is good...except for Kommie Karl. | |
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| Re: Karl Strikes Again Hey, Karl is awesome. Sure its pretty easy to figure out he leans to the left, but his arguments are well thought, and frankly at times I find them to be a reality check and balance to the stuff companies try and pass off on all of us.
That said, as an ATT stockholder, if they they spend one nickel advertising this mandated loss leading tier, me and every other stockholder won't be happy. | |
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| Re: Karl Strikes Again said by JasonOD :
Hey, Karl is awesome. Sure its pretty easy to figure out he leans to the left.... "leans to the left"? Karl is such a Kommie believes that Kim Il Sung is part of the vast right wing conspiracy!!!!!  | |
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Just Visiting
@rr.com | Leave the LEC's alone Please, they have so few actual employees left.
Just some management types that need money....... | |
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Sasba858
join:2008-08-28
Pearl River, LA
| Taking advantage of uninformed elderly people. I am asking this for my mother. She just moved into a new house after living with my sister for 3 years, but she had BellSouth/AT&T 3 years ago before Katrina destroyed her home on the other side of town.
Could she have qualify for the $10 DSL lite?
When she ordered her BellSouth/AT&T phone service they offered her DSL lite for $14.95 for 6 months then it will go up to $19.95. If this is true it seems that they are taking advantage of the elderly. 
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