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June 16th, 2007, 02:08 PM
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Re: OT: Somthing ODD
Broadband can cost as low as $15 a month (in urban areas). Sure you have to agree to a year long contract, and it won't be blazingly fast, but it can be in the same price range as dialup. That being said, I don't agree with the assertion that dialup should be outlawed.
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June 16th, 2007, 02:32 PM
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Re: OT: Somthing ODD
It should not be *nessesary*...
This side of the pond sucks for net access, it seems.
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June 16th, 2007, 05:33 PM
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This side of the pond sucks for net access, it seems.
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Agreed. No land-line high-speed access where I live, and the wireless transmitter just happens to be on a mountain that is out of line-of-sight 
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June 17th, 2007, 01:04 PM
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Re: OT: Somthing ODD
The year-long contract doesn't bother me; it's not being able to find out what the current "standard" rate is so that I'll have some idea what it's going to jump to after the first year. The only place I've been able to find numbers for that are in blogs from people complaining about poor customer service incidents.
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June 17th, 2007, 02:11 PM
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At least with the SBC deal I used to have, the standard rate was 29.99. But by that point you can always cancel it and get something else.  The salesman on the line will tell you what the rate will become after the special ends. |
June 17th, 2007, 11:41 PM
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What I hate about Qwest DSL is that they sell me my service $49.99 for 1.5d and 786up and a few months later drop the price to $24.99 for life for new subscribers with a free modem rental for a year.
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June 17th, 2007, 11:56 PM
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My provider never tells me when they update their plans. I sometimes check and find that they have instituted new plans that are faster and have a higher limit than mine for the same price and they don't tell me. They do occasionally send me newsletters that perhaps do introduce it but then who cares about reading newsletters  |
June 18th, 2007, 12:11 AM
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If you call to customer support and complain, you can probably get your dsl bill dropped to the new low rate... bring up considering dropping the service and going with the local competitor. |
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