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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | Re: They just raised the price too... Didn't they raise prices $5 in February? | |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Re: They just raised the price too... Yeah - it was raised from $25/month to $30/month
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Premium
join:2002-03-22
Xanadu
| Re: They just raised the price too... said by en102  :Yeah - it was raised from $25/month to $30/month It's a sound investment in a child's education. Isn't every child worth an extra five dollars -- just $.16 per day -- for AT&T broadband? 
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join:2002-04-10 | Re: They just raised the price too... A mere 16 cents a day extra, and this wonderful package can be yours for life! Call now, and don't wait. If lines are busy, please keep trying. | |
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join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by en102 :Yeah - it was raised from $25/month to $30/month Still cheaper than those of us in former bellsouth territory. | |
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join:2001-10-02
Columbus, OH
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| said by en102 :Yeah - it was raised from $25/month to $30/month Didn't dry loop used to be only $5 more than linehare? (I'd swear at the time elite was listed as $39.99 for dry loop and I was considering adding a 2nd Eite connection dry on my 2nd pair.) | |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | What a deal! We'll offer you a higher price then we used to offer, but we won't hit you with an ETF if you leave.
Wow. What a deal, I says! | |
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baineschile
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI | Re: They just raised the price too... Do cable companies have contracts? I thought those were limited to the sat-cos | |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN
| Re: They just raised the price too... said by baineschile :Do cable companies have contracts? I thought those were limited to the sat-cos Yes. To get a good price with Time Warner you have to bundle cable and internet and agree to a 15 month price lock with an ETF that is charged if you cancel service or move to an area that lacks service. | |
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ME
join:2003-10-15
Toledo, OH | that depends on your area and what TWC you deal with. TWC-MidOhio does NOT charge an ETF. | |
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MisterMarcus
join:2001-11-10
San Diego, CA
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| said by insomniac84 :said by baineschile :Do cable companies have contracts? I thought those were limited to the sat-cos Yes. To get a good price with Time Warner you have to bundle cable and internet and agree to a 15 month price lock with an ETF that is charged if you cancel service or move to an area that lacks service. Cable =/= "TV".
That said, no cable company has a contract that I know of. Time Warner has NO contract for their internet, at least not out here in California. Same goes for Cox. | |
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join:2001-10-02
Columbus, OH
·AT&T Midwest
| Re: They just raised the price too... said by satellite68 :Not Insight. With Insight Columbus you pay at least $8 more for RR if you don't have at least Classic tier cable (used to be $10 more, they gave a $10 bundle discount which has recently dropped to $8, so RR effectively went up $2). That's $47 plus cable costs for 7/512 or $35 + POTS costs (about $20 here) for 6/768 DSL. At my location, both are stable and I haven't run into any throttling so far. | |
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aaronwt
Premium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
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·Comcast
·Verizon Online DSL
| said by en102 :AT&T High Speed Internet Direct Pro Up to 50x faster than dial-up with downstream speed up to 3.0 Mbps. Plus, enjoy FREE Wi-Fi access at over 17,000 hot spots, including most Starbucks locations. No voice line or term commitment required! $40.00 AT&T High Speed Internet Direct Express Up to 25x faster than dial-up with downstream speed up to 1.5 Mbps. Plus, enjoy FREE Wi-Fi access at over 17,000 hot spots, including most Starbucks locations. No voice line or term commitment required! $35.00 Yeah ... I don't think $40/month for 3Mbps/512kbps PPPoE is worth it. I can pay DSL-Extreme $25/month + $13 for POTS and have better service. It would be only worth it if I was using T-Mobile VoIP for $10/month. How is high speed INternet 1.5mbs and 3mbs. I had a 5mbs connection in 1997 for $16 a month. I couldn't imgaine using a 1.5mbs connection on a daily basis.
I'm too used to my 50mbs FIOS connection now. | |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
·Cox HSI
·AT&T Southwest
| Re: They just raised the price too... Seems AT&T's new marketing plan is "Make U-Verse look good by making DSL prices high".
So, if at&t DSL can't compete with cable on speed, well... might as well not compete on price, either.
What the hell kinda marketing is that?
Sure, we know they want to push people into U-Verse... but there's a LOT more ppl who are in DSL range then U-Verse range and at&t is throwing them to the (cable) wolves.
I guess they are just going early; since they pretty much intent to (eventually) offer U-Verse everywhere they have DSL.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | I've been using 3Mbps for $25/month on DSL-Extreme for a few years... it has been VERY reliable, and Skype works better on it than 6Mbps cable (which I currently have).
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Displaced Ohioan
Premium
join:2002-07-30
Santa Maria, CA
clubs:  | Re: Can you feel that? What is that? It is so heavy!!! I've had three cable providers in different parts of the country, none of them ever required a contract agreement. This is what makes cable so appealing to college students or people who do not live in one place for very long. | |
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rahvin112
join:2002-05-24
Sandy, UT | AT&T is not big blue. Big blue is a common name for IBM. If you want to call AT&T something other than their name stick to something like ma bell otherwise you are just going to confuse people about why IBM is involved in DSL. | |
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The Original X
Premium
join:2002-05-14
Findlay, OH
| Re: AT&T is not big blue. said by rahvin112 :Big blue is a common name for IBM. If you want to call AT&T something other than their name stick to something like ma bell otherwise you are just going to confuse people about why IBM is involved in DSL. Big blue is also another common nickname for Whirlpool Corporation. I don't think it matters what company is called big blue. | |
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join:2007-03-10
Bon Aqua, TN
| Re: AT&T is not big blue. I like the death star personally for ATT... I mean, hell, look at the emblem lol.... That being said.. i'm paying 60 a month for sprint wireless thats functional part of the time.. I'd happily pay 60 for 1.5mbps dsl or better... Oh well time will tell if they build out | |
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join:2008-02-17
Eureka Springs, AR
| Re: AT&T is not big blue. I am with you. I pay $60 a month for Alltel evdo. I too would pay $60 a month for a 3+ connection from the "Death Star." Now on the statement of Mr. Welday. I am a existing "Death Star" custumer. I need them to build the dsl out.
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IBMMM
@bellsouth.net
moderated:
August 20th, @09:11PM
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sparky672
| said by Dime :said by rahvin112 :Big blue is a common name for IBM. If you want to call AT&T something other than their name stick to something like ma bell otherwise you are just going to confuse people about why IBM is involved in DSL. Big blue is also another common nickname for Whirlpool Corporation. I don't think it matters what company is called big blue. BIG BLUE = IBM | |
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC
·Verizon Online DSL
·Cox HSI
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| why would AT&T need a price lock? Do they plan on raising their rates? It'd be better to just keep their rates as low as possible, that way their customers don't switch after two years because it went up so much.
That said, it's a nice marketing offer with no downside for the customer that I can see. The lock itself isn't as big a deal as not having an early termination fee. They might as well have a contract that states the price will not increase, and no ETF. When I had Cox, I paid a monthly fee that did not increase, and had no contract. They didn't promise me anything, but they kept it the same which was nice. | |
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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clubs: | Re: why would AT&T need a price lock? they need the lock to distract consumers of their rising pots rates/unfees/taxes.
at&t raised business rates recently. time to drop a line... | |
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The Beer
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
Premium
join:2001-07-24
Omaha, NE
clubs: | Like Qwest? I love Qwest's price for life...
Only if you have a phone package, then they can raise the price of the phone package, and not your internet.
Brillant! | |
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jimbo48
join:2000-11-17
Hayward, CA
·EarthLink
| Such a Deal Why would one choose AT&T DSL with their poor deliverables to begin with, unless they were the only game in town. Come on, DSL download at at 1.5(max) subject to the ever lurking "best efforts clause" and 40.00 a month is no bargain or a package to write home about.
Yes AT&T DSL services is hurting because the Cable Cos and Verizion is offering more bag for the buck and DSL isn't a technology that is going to cut it for the majority of Internet users. | |
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GoodyearMark
Premium
join:2001-05-02
Goodyear, AZ | hmm No cable contracs in Arizona or California. Don't know what kind of FUD AT&T is trying to push on people, trying to make themselves seem generous.
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me2000
Obama-Biden 2008
join:2003-06-23
Normal, IL | Hmm... ATT
$40 - 3 Mbps
Comcast
$42.95 - 6 Mbps
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| alfnoid
Premium,MVM
join:2002-02-18
·Comcast
| Re: Hmm... said by me2000 :ATT $40 - 3 Mbps Comcast $42.95 - 6 Mbps I wonder what's a better deal...? Apples to apples please...
That comcast price is WITH TV ONLY...much higher without TV | |
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join:2006-01-28
Cedar Park, TX | AT&T U-Verse Maxx 10/1.5 $55/mo.
( no voice or video )
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join:2006-09-15
New Orleans, LA | Still need to bundle too At least with Bellsouth you still also need a phone service which is at least $12.64 more. I'd pay it if they delivered half the promised speeds. Cox can't deliver 1/10th. | |
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Premium
join:2004-12-12
Franklin, KY
·AT&T Southeast
| No phone line required for FastAccess® DSL Direct! FastAccess® DSL without a voice line is available at several speeds and price plans for qualifying customers. 24-month price guarantee for all FastAccess® DSL Direct speeds. »bellsouth.com/consumer/inetsrvcs···pop.html
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@bellsouth.net
| Read the Disclaimer Guaranteed Price for 24 Months: Price guarantee applies to monthly recurring charge for a period of 24 months from date of service, and does not include taxes, fees or
excessive bandwidth usage charges. Offer excludes AT&T High Speed Internet Basic service with a term commitment. Offer available for orders placed between 08/15/08 and 11/15/08. Does not require term commitment. Altering, suspending or terminating service will cancel price guarantee.
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join:2001-10-02
Columbus, OH
·AT&T Midwest
| Re: Read the Disclaimer said by rtp :
Guaranteed Price for 24 Months: Price guarantee applies to monthly recurring charge for a period of 24 months from date of service, and does not include taxes, fees or
excessive bandwidth usage charges. Offer excludes AT&T High Speed Internet Basic service with a term commitment. Offer available for orders placed between 08/15/08 and 11/15/08. Does not require term commitment. Altering, suspending or terminating service will cancel price guarantee.
They have included the phrase "
excessive bandwidth usage charges"
Sound fishy there
The first time they try to hit me with an excessive bandwidth charge I won't pay and they'll lose both my POTS and Internet business. | |
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join:2001-01-03
Chicago, IL | They both suck Cable and DSL both suck can we get a third option? | |
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join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | How about Satellite? Look into that a bit and Cable/DSL won't seem so bad... Or if you like 5GB caps, there's always wireless! | |
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hdman
Flt Rider
Premium
join:2003-11-25
Appleton, WI
·AT&T Midwest
 ·Alltel Axess
| I pay that AND MORE!!! I pay MORE if DSL was available to me....and I would toss in a left or right nut....but my only choices are EVDO, Hughes, or Wild Blue. I've had all 3, and they don't compare to DSL.
AT&T, hear me on this one, BRING ME DSL DARN IT!!!!!
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AT&T Offers No Contract 'Price Lock' DSL
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