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[ NNSquad ] "Entry level pricing"
----- Forwarded message from David Farber <dave@farber.net> ----- Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 21:00:58 -0400 From: David Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: [IP] "Entry level pricing" Reply-To: dave@farber.net To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Begin forwarded message: From: Shannon McElyea <shannonm@gmail.com> Date: October 1, 2009 7:40:06 PM EDT To: "dave@farber.net" <dave@farber.net> Subject: Re: [IP] "Entry level pricing" I wish. I have hughesnet -- the only carrier to serve where I live. It's expensive horrible and a threshold of 300 mb per day and if you go over it throttles to almost nothing for 48 hours!! Try getting any work done with that. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> wrote: > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Bob Drzyzgula <bob@drzyzgula.org> >> Date: October 1, 2009 18:42:20 EDT >> To: David Farber <dave@farber.net> >> Cc: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> >> Subject: Re: "Entry level pricing" >> >> FWIW, I checked the pricing for various options here in the >> Maryland subburbs of DC. Excluding bundle, promotional and >> tied-to-voice-service pricing, (although possibly requiring >> a contract) I came up with a minimum entry-level pricing >> of $20/mo: >> >> Verizon DSL >> 1M/384K $20/mo >> 3M/768K $30/mo >> 7M/768K $43/mo >> Verizon FiOS >> 15M/5M $55/mo >> 25M/15M $70/mo >> 50M/20M $145/mo >> Comcast >> 1M/384K $25/mo >> 15M/3M $43/mo >> 50M/10M $100/mo >> RCN >> 3M/768K $53/mo >> 10M/800K $63/mo >> 20M/2M $88/mo >> Speakeasy/Covad >> 1.5M/384K $55/mo >> >> Note that Speakeasy has more options but I couldn't find >> a way to get pricing without talking to a salesperson. >> Verizon will give you $17.99/mo pricing on the 1M service >> if you have voice service and sign up for a 2 year >> contract. >> >> --Bob >> >> On 01/10/09 18:02 -0400, David Farber wrote: >>> >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>> From: Dan Gillmor <dan@gillmor.com> >>> Date: October 1, 2009 4:45:49 PM EDT >>> To: dave@farber.net >>> Subject: "Entry level pricing" >>> >>>> . The average price of entry-level broadband for 5 major providers >>>> moved >>>> from $50 a month in 2001, to $33 in 2004, to $25 in 2007. Verizon >>>> ‚s >>>> own >>>> entry-level price in 2009 is $17.99 a month, with a 12 month >>>> contract. >>> >>> From what I can tell, "entry-level" tends to mean a) low speed that >>> is >>> broadband only by US carriers' slippery standards; b) a come-on >>> price >>> that rises at the end of the contract; or c) both. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now >>> RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ >>> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> >> > Archives ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ----- End forwarded message -----