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dg
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Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:41 am Post subject:
What is the actual SBC DSL Price? |
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Hi,
I'm interested in getting DSL, but I am confused about the prices. The
cheapest service I found was SBC Yahoo! DSL for $26.95. But it says
there are additional monthly fees. What are those?
Also, it says in the terms that the normal price will be in effect
after the one year term ends. Is it $49.95 a month after?
Basically, I am asking for the actual, total cost of SBC Yahoo! DSL.
Hopefully someone has this service on this newsgroup can inform me.
And what it would cost after the one year term ends.
And if there are other cheap DSL providers, I would appreciate info
about them, too.
Thank you for your time. |
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bob prohaska
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Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:59 am Post subject:
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dg <dgtester@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
I'm interested in getting DSL, but I am confused about the prices. The
cheapest service I found was SBC Yahoo! DSL for $26.95. But it says
there are additional monthly fees. What are those?
I just (two months ago) turned on their 5-static service. So far I've |
seen the advertised cost only, $54.95 per month. They did zing me for
a $250 tech visit, but in the end I'm not sure that was a bad deal;
the router they gave me has a 250 page manual and I don't run M$ on
my boxes so their "autoinstall" stuff won't work. When the tech left
I _knew_ the router was working, after that it was my problem.
Interestingly, I registered three domains in .com, .org and .net at
the same time, with the understanding that I'd run my own nameservers.
They have not yet charged me for the domain registration. (admittedly,
I've not yet got the nameservers working either!).
| Quote: | Also, it says in the terms that the normal price will be in effect
after the one year term ends. Is it $49.95 a month after?
No idea at this point, but by the time a year elapses the terms will |
probably change 8-)
bob prohaska |
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NormanM
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Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:53 am Post subject:
Re: What is the actual SBC DSL Price? |
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In article <8c17d315.0410241241.3815f625@posting.google.com>, dg says...
| Quote: | I'm interested in getting DSL, but I am confused about the prices. The
cheapest service I found was SBC Yahoo! DSL for $26.95. But it says
there are additional monthly fees. What are those?
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There are some government mandated fees which the government prohibits the
telcos from calling "taxes", even though a government mandated fee is a tax.
They don't have to be collected from the customer, but they must be paid.
The telcos usually list them as "additional fees" in order to advertise a
lower price for the connection. I don't know if those also apply to
cablecos; possibly only to telcos.
| Quote: | Also, it says in the terms that the normal price will be in effect
after the one year term ends. Is it $49.95 a month after?
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Yes; for the Basic $26.95 a month package. Keep an eye out at the end of
your year; in some SBC regions they will let you renew the one-year contract
for $26.95 a month.
| Quote: | Basically, I am asking for the actual, total cost of SBC Yahoo! DSL.
Hopefully someone has this service on this newsgroup can inform me.
And what it would cost after the one year term ends.
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I don't handle the bill, so I don't see the mandated fee. I believe it is
still under $29.99 a month with the fee. If you are so fortunate as to have
an opportunity to renew the one-year contract, your price should not go up.
| Quote: | And if there are other cheap DSL providers, I would appreciate info
about them, too.
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I am not aware of anybody undercutting SBC DSL; but there are some
competitive packages out there.
--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint |
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Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:54 pm Post subject:
Re: What is the actual SBC DSL Price? |
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dg <dgtester@yahoo.com> writes:
| Quote: | Basically, I am asking for the actual, total cost of SBC Yahoo! DSL.
Hopefully someone has this service on this newsgroup can inform me.
And what it would cost after the one year term ends.
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After the year anything could happen, because things change faster than
that. For example I got 6 meg service at a "once-in-a-lifetime" cheap-o
guaranteed to never to go up price even though everyone else would have
to pay twice as much for the same thing and guess what - here it is many
months later and anyone can still get the very same deal.
| Quote: | And if there are other cheap DSL providers, I would appreciate info
about them, too.
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I am using DSL Extreme. Right now they are selling DSL for $21.95 a
month for the first year. They are most likely losing a little money
that, but after the year the price goes up...
As for extra charges, I have the 6 meg service for $59.95 a month and
the only additional thing they add is a $2.21 Federal Universal Service
Charge for an actual total monthly cost of $62.16. No other taxes at
all even though I'm in the same state they are (California).
Billy Y.. |
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Some One
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Tue Oct 26, 2004 1:20 am Post subject:
Re: What is the actual SBC DSL Price? |
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dgtester@yahoo.com (dg) wrote in news:8c17d315.0410241241.3815f625
@posting.google.com:
| Quote: | Hi,
I'm interested in getting DSL, but I am confused about the prices. The
cheapest service I found was SBC Yahoo! DSL for $26.95. But it says
there are additional monthly fees. What are those?
Also, it says in the terms that the normal price will be in effect
after the one year term ends. Is it $49.95 a month after?
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Yes, the normal price would be $49.95 per month.
| Quote: | Basically, I am asking for the actual, total cost of SBC Yahoo! DSL.
Hopefully someone has this service on this newsgroup can inform me.
And what it would cost after the one year term ends.
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So far I have not heard of SBC raising prices after the one year term ends.
My sister's rate has actually gone down. She started at $29.95 per month
about 2.5 years ago, she now pays $26.95 per month. My SBC DSL service
just dropped in price this month, from $29.95 to $26.95, and my one year
term ended at the end of May, 2004. |
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NormanM
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Sun Oct 31, 2004 3:29 pm Post subject:
Re: What is the actual SBC DSL Price? |
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In article <nMidnWw19YKA8-DcRVn-tA@giganews.com>, Some One says...
| Quote: | So far I have not heard of SBC raising prices after the one year term ends.
My sister's rate has actually gone down. She started at $29.95 per month
about 2.5 years ago, she now pays $26.95 per month. My SBC DSL service
just dropped in price this month, from $29.95 to $26.95, and my one year
term ended at the end of May, 2004.
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In 2001 we started on Pacbell DSL for $39.95 per month. At the end of the
year they raised it to $49.95 per month. It sat there until I got wind of
their special deal for "loyal" customers, and took the one-year contract for
$26.95 per month.
--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint |
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Floyd
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Sun Nov 14, 2004 2:29 am Post subject:
Re: What is the actual SBC DSL Price? |
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Hi Norman,
I am in the same boat.
How did you get the "loyal customer" price reduction?
What number did you call, or what website did you surf to?
Also, do you still have "vintage" DSL or did they force
you to upgrade to SBC Yahoo DSL?
Thanks,
Mark
NormanM <spammail@blackhole.invalid> wrote in message news:<MPG.1bee5e305ef23bd4989762@news.sf.sbcglobal.net>...
| Quote: | In article <nMidnWw19YKA8-DcRVn-tA@giganews.com>, Some One says...
So far I have not heard of SBC raising prices after the one year term ends.
My sister's rate has actually gone down. She started at $29.95 per month
about 2.5 years ago, she now pays $26.95 per month. My SBC DSL service
just dropped in price this month, from $29.95 to $26.95, and my one year
term ended at the end of May, 2004.
In 2001 we started on Pacbell DSL for $39.95 per month. At the end of the
year they raised it to $49.95 per month. It sat there until I got wind of
their special deal for "loyal" customers, and took the one-year contract for
$26.95 per month. |
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